Okay. I’m just going to say it.
We forgot one of our kids at the county fair.
But it was only for twenty minutes and we found him paging through a little New Testament Bible that he got from the Gideon stand in one of the buildings so clearly God was watching out for him despite our brain fart.
You see, Isaiah had just won first place in the Tractor Pedal Pull
and we were all celebrating his victory and the fact that he now gets to go to the state competition in September. We hopped in the van to go grab a burger before the parade started and it wasn’t until we were waiting for our food that we realized we were one fry short of a Happy Meal.
First time in twenty years of parenting that we didn’t do a head count in the van and wouldn’t you know!
So now if you see a family of nine walking down the street with harnesses attached to each other in one big line, doing a role call every ten minutes, you’ll know it’s us.
And Nathanael? Don’t ever scare Momma like that again.
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Lois said,
July 14, 2008 @ 10:14 pm
It’s funny—but it’s not!!!I can’t imagine how you must’ve felt, when you discovered Nathanael was missing!!! My stomach lurches, just thinking about it!!! Yes–God was watching over him, when you found him safe and sound!!! That was a hallelujah, for sure.
Bill said,
July 15, 2008 @ 8:31 am
I remember when our daughter, Cindy disappeared in a department store when lshe was about six. She got on an elevator, and we really made a scene until someone brought her back. Cindy has a story about her son disappearing for hours trapped on a ships elevator. Gray hair grows fast when these things happen.
Jeff said,
July 15, 2008 @ 9:27 am
Funny. I’ll watch for that team of Johnsons. Do you guys pull sleighs too?
Jennine said,
July 15, 2008 @ 3:25 pm
Lois and Bill- I used to think that the baby days were the most difficult and if I could just get them out of diapers and walking, everything would be easier from then on. Ten years and countless gray hairs later I am wise enough to know that once you are a parent, life will always present you with new challenges and trials. Bigger kids, bigger problems.
Jeff- we’ve pulled legs and stunts but never a sleigh. But you give me a great idea. I’m now going to sew jingle bells in all their underware.