June 16 - A Few Years Back

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I remember the date because it was my dad's birthday. My kids were young, my oldest somewhere around 12 and my youngest around 7. My husband and I had to make a very quick trip to the local grocery store for stamps, that's all. We weren't gone more than five minutes tops. When we got home, the boys were gone. We looked everywhere. We combed the neighborhood, asked all their friends and no one had seen them. I called the police, and they started looking. No luck until ... They told us they were going to dredge the river since we lived close to the Fox. I was a basket case when they told me that. And then they found them. Not in the Fox, not even close. What they had done was take the railroad trestle - not a wise idea - and went exploring and found a park and a picnic in progress, so they crashed it and had a great time at the Boy Scout picnic. My younger son still shakes his head at me that I would have the police out looking for them when they were having so much fun. Yeah, fun for them. I was frantic. This is in response to a post by @celticeagle. Kids can sure give you gray hair early in life. Do you have a story to tell? Thanks for reading. Picture of my children at my daughter's wedding reception 4 years ago.