John and Tina Plus Three: An End to a Mother's Worst Nightmare

Thursday, October 9, 2008

An End to a Mother's Worst Nightmare

This week was an emotional roller coaster. Mike had surgery and I got food poisoning on Monday. Damon was lost and then found on Tuesday, not to mention my Dad had a relative die. Wednesday Damon was still very much rattled by his ordeal and was too scared to ride the bus or go to school. I was able to talk him into going to school by telling him I would drive him and stay in his class with him. I volunteered in his class for about an hour, and he did great! He was happy to see his friends and got right to work on his assignments. He even stayed for the rest of the day after I left. He rode the bus home with Olivia and was in a great mood when he got home. Later that night he put on a little show for us- he always knows how to make us laugh.

Thursday was business as usual. Damon rode the bus by himself. John waited at the school to make sure everything was alright. He watched from a distance as Damon seemed to celebrate by pumping his fists in the air when he arrived at the school. Damon came home with Olivia, and was in another great mood! The kids got to wear slippers to school and they thought that was cool!

I did manage to get a nap in and for some reason decided to take a picture right when I woke up. Sorry about the hair. Damon thought it would be funny to do "Rabbit Ears".

Jasmine has been such a pill all week. She’s had a lot of tantrums and has been really hard to make happy. Olivia has been super nice to Damon all week. She was worried about him and is glad he is safe. John and I will never forget that day. I don’t know if we’ll ever feel safe again. I had trouble sleeping all week. I just keep playing the events over and over in my head. I don’t know if I’ll ever be the same. But at least the nightmare is over.

P.S. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS. WE LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH!

1 comment:

Fritzsche'sOctober 10, 2008 at 11:09 AM
Tina I just tagged you and I'm so glad that I did because I hadn't realized what you had gone through recently and I can't imagine how scary that was. Oh my goodness. I hope my school will have something like that. They will start kindergarten next year. I'm so grateful that he was found and safe. What a scary thing to go through for such a little guy. And for you to be sick through the whole thing, I'm sure was not easy. You are a good mom. Anyway I tagged you if you feel up to it then check out my blog for instructions, otherwise don't worry about it.
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