Mother's Intuition

As a fundraising opportunity for her New York trip,

Summer was signed up to run the Snack Shack

at her school yesterday from 3:30 (when school

gets out) until 7pm. We knew it would make for

a very long day for her, but she needs to make

the money for her trip. While running out the door

to pick up Ty and Syd, I realized I didn't have my

cell phone. Knowing that I was going to a PTO

meeting, I wasn't worried. I wouldn't be

answering the phone during the meeting anyway.

After the meeting I headed over to watch a

little bit of Sydney's basketball practice. At

around 4:00, Ty and I went to pick up our

central vac from the repair shop on the other

side of town. That's when it hit me:

"Go check on Summer." It was just a

small feeling. Nothing overpowering or

earth shattering. I asked Ty if he wanted

to go buy a treat from Summer. Of course he

did. We headed over there 3 hours before the

scheduled pick up time. As I turned into the

school, I noticed the marquee didn't say anything

about basketball games. Weird, I thought. Then

I saw it...Summer's backpack. What? Why?

Then I saw her. She was sitting all alone on

a bench in front of the office. As soon

as she saw me, the tears started to flow. A

simple scheduling mistake by her ALP teacher

led to one of the worst experiences of her life.

She had tried my cell, the house phone, and

her dad's cell from the office phone. NO

ANSWERS! I learned my lesson. I will keep

that phone on me at all times and...

most importantly....it's time to get

Summer a cell phone! All in all,

she is healthy, happy, & fine.

Just a little too scary to think

of her all alone for what could

have been 3 1/2 hours!