Today started off wrong. I woke up with a resistant-to-swallowing sore throat and other flu like symptoms. Little did I know that something far worse would make an appearance in my day and leave me with a heart full of gratitude.
I had left for a quiet moment in Barnes & Noble and then to stop and say hi to the nieces before I head out of town on Tuesday. After an entertaining hour, I decided it was time to head home. When I noticed the car wash at the local gas station didn’t have a line, I knew I had to fill up and wash my mud layered car. I slowly pulled into the car wash, put it in park, and closed my eyes when my phone started to ring with the familiar 007 tune attached to calls from Kurt and only Kurt.
I answered the phone but knew immediately something was wrong from the tone of Kurt’s voice. He said Cooper had asked if he and a friend could go to our neighbor across the way to visit their barn and see the animals. Kurt & the other boy’s father agreed. Kurt went back to work rotating his tires in the driveway. A short time later, Kurt saw a fire truck and police car, sirens wailing, cross the Sun River bridge. After they were out of his view, he thought nothing of it.
About 10 minutes later, he heard a man’s voice and turned to see a police officer. The police officer asked Kurt if he had a young son to which Kurt replied yes. The police officer then went on to say that a car spotted two boys out on the ice of the Sun River and had called the police, but the boys were missing and the police couldn’t find them.
Background: Our across the way neighbors live on the Sun River.
Kurt, incredibly upset, went to the others boys house next door to talk to his dad when he spotted Cooper and the friend playing in the backyard. The police talked to Cooper who had indeed been playing on the ice of the river.
Today we are so grateful that our child is safe and that he was caught doing this the 1st time in dramatic fashion (the only way Coop does things). I can tell you Cooper will never do that again. Sometimes you take your loved ones for granted. Today, besides the many conversations we have had with Cooper, I have also hugged and loved on him over and over again. Do the same with yours.
6 comments:
ahhhh, sigh of relief. Kelli told me about the madness today and my heart stopped. That is so unbelieveably scary & yet, so blessed and lucky nothing went wrong. I hope you have a cozy night at home. Also, I really hope you all can get some sleep tonight after your exhausting day!
I am so very thankful for the person driving across the bridge. It could have been a lesson unlearned and a risky behavior repeated.
Mostly I am grateful to know that Cooper is warm and safe with his family.
I remember doing the same thing. We threw a brick on the river to test it out. The brick bounced so we figured it was safe. Two of us fell in, but quickly got out. Very scary stuff.
yikes! so glad he is safe.
Those phone calls are SO scary. How long did it take for the adrenaline rush to go away?? Glad everyone is safe!!
Scaryness. So glad it ended in a good way.
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