The worse thing that could have ever happened to me happened tonight. I lost Caleb in the grocery store. I swore that I would never be that parent that would lose their child. It started as me on one end of the aisle and him on the other end with Jonathan and we were playing hide-n-seek. Jonathan moved so Caleb came down the aisle to get me. Meanwhile I had already gone down the other aisle to meet up with them. I heard Jonathan yell for Caleb to come back and I thought he was coming. So I went to hide so I could jump out at him. (Yes, I was going to scare my child. LOL). Well he wasn't coming. When I came out of hiding, Jonathan states he thought Caleb was with me and didn't know I was standing behind him.
Immediately, I went to go get him. As I got to the end of the aisle, my heart dropped into my stomach. He was no where to be seen. I kept telling myself not to panic. It is a small store and he couldn't have gone far. Luckily, we were not in WalMart. Then, I started thinking about the other stuff that could happen. As my mind was racing, I noticed a lady staring one way and then I noticed another lady doing the same. When I got closer, I heard this little voice yell Mommy at the top of their lungs and there he was walking across the store yelling for me. I yelled back to him. As I reached him, he said, "Why did you leave me? You weren't suppose to go away." I told him he was right and praised him for yelling for me like he did and not crying.
We met up with Daddy who had no clue what had happen. Poor Dad. Anyway, everything ended well and he was fine. I thank God that my little boy had the smarts to start yelling and to remain calm. And thankful to God for watching out for him.
Suck It Up Mom moment: I am not perfect so move on.
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