I lost my daughter this afternoon. It was less than three minutes before I found her, but it was long enough for panic to set in. I found this donkey as I looked for her, breathing in her smell on the stuffed animal she loves.
My husband had gone to the basement to flip the laundry. My son was in the living room, and I decided to make a cup of coffee in the kitchen. My daughter was in the kitchen with me , but she walked out towards the living room. I assumed she was with her brother and a minute passed as I made my coffee.
I knew the back door was locked but when I came into the foyer, I saw with a start that the front door I always keep locked was unlocked. I immediately became nervous as I looked for her and couldn’t find her. My son hadn’t seen her come into the living room at all.
Panic set in and I raced around the house looking and yelling for her. My husband heard me yelling and came up from the basement. He went outside to look for her on the porch. Then, he took to the sidewalks. My son was running around and no one could find her. I started crying and I thought I had looked everywhere. How could she be lost? Could someone have taken her from our porch that quickly? Continue Reading