Lately I haven't had as much time to be here as I'd like to have but I've still had a peek in everyday to see how my metal family are.
It's been a tough week in Draperville.. On Saturday I had to go shopping and something so scary happened. I was busy paying for something and we got distracted, in the confusion my two year old daughter sort of walked out of the store we were in without anyone noticing. It took about 20 seconds to realize that she was missing> I dropped everything, ran out the store and about 5 stores up from where we were, I saw an elderly gent leading her away from me. First, I froze in terror and then ran toward them and grabbed her away from him. As I got closer and before instinct took over and I grabbed her, I did hear him saying to her 'Is that your mommy?' as he pointed to ladies in his vicinity. So luckily for us he was a good samaritin trying honestly to find her parents. When I realized that I was watching two strangesr walking away in a mall, I realized how fast and how easily an abduction can take place. To any outside observer, they could have so easily passed for grandfather and granddaughter. What scared me the most is how trusting and comfortable she was with a total stranger! I still feel very freaked out over the incident and I always thought of myself as a very vigilant parent but, I guess this is how these things happen. You think that, I took my eys of her for a second, what can go wrong in a second.. a lot can go wrong.
