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HelpRe: Nikki's Congrats Round 7
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UN: Diamante04
LN: Ward
DH: John William Ward (42)
DW: Elisabeth Marie (Thompson) Ward (40)
DD/DS: Sara Elisabeth Ward / John William Ward, jr (19)
DD: Kate Madeleine Ward (16)
DD: Olivia Grace Ward "Livie" (12)
DD: Natalie Victoria Ward (11)
DS: Grant Michael Ward (8)
DS: Joshua Evan Ward "Josh" (5)
DS: Jacob Austin Ward
Random event number: 23
Grant runs away and nobody have seen him. Just as the police comes, Grant also comes home. Where had he been?
We recently had quite the experience with our son, Grant, who decided to run away when he thought no one was paying any attention to him. One Saturday morning, Sara and Kate were helping me with the housework, while I took care of our newest addition, Jacob, as well as Josh, who was down with a cold. John was helping his father outside with some work on the house, and Livie and Natalie were going back and forth between helping their older sisters and playing in their bedroom. Grant felt a little left out as he tried to find someone to do something with him. Ordinarily, he and Josh would play together, but Josh didn't feel much up to doing anything, since he wasn't feeling well.
Needless to say, he felt compelled to run away from home, although he did think to leave a note for John and I to find in his bedroom. It wasn't either of us who found it, though, but Kate, who while going into the boys' room, saw the familiar third-grade handwriting scrawled on the paper. She immediately brought it to John and me, and of course, we were both worried, although I was probably more frantic, as John kept assuring me that kids are always 'running away' from home and that we'd find him safe and sound.
We had Sara call all his friends' houses, and John drove around the neighborhood looking for Grant, but after no sign of him for a couple of hours, we called the police. John continued his search, and as the police arrived, he came home with his little brother in tow. Grant told us that he'd been to the park and would hide out whenever he saw anyone familiar walk or drive by. Fortunately, John spotted him from the opposite side of the park, and although it took a little bit of prodding, was able to convince him to come home. Relieved, John and I weren't too anxious to punish Grant at the time. It was quite obvious that he'd originally thought he could take care for himself, when in fact, he couldn't. He's seemingly learned his lesson and says that he doesn't plan on running away again.
LN: Ward
DH: John William Ward (42)
DW: Elisabeth Marie (Thompson) Ward (40)
DD/DS: Sara Elisabeth Ward / John William Ward, jr (19)
DD: Kate Madeleine Ward (16)
DD: Olivia Grace Ward "Livie" (12)
DD: Natalie Victoria Ward (11)
DS: Grant Michael Ward (8)
DS: Joshua Evan Ward "Josh" (5)
DS: Jacob Austin Ward
Random event number: 23
Grant runs away and nobody have seen him. Just as the police comes, Grant also comes home. Where had he been?
We recently had quite the experience with our son, Grant, who decided to run away when he thought no one was paying any attention to him. One Saturday morning, Sara and Kate were helping me with the housework, while I took care of our newest addition, Jacob, as well as Josh, who was down with a cold. John was helping his father outside with some work on the house, and Livie and Natalie were going back and forth between helping their older sisters and playing in their bedroom. Grant felt a little left out as he tried to find someone to do something with him. Ordinarily, he and Josh would play together, but Josh didn't feel much up to doing anything, since he wasn't feeling well.
Needless to say, he felt compelled to run away from home, although he did think to leave a note for John and I to find in his bedroom. It wasn't either of us who found it, though, but Kate, who while going into the boys' room, saw the familiar third-grade handwriting scrawled on the paper. She immediately brought it to John and me, and of course, we were both worried, although I was probably more frantic, as John kept assuring me that kids are always 'running away' from home and that we'd find him safe and sound.
We had Sara call all his friends' houses, and John drove around the neighborhood looking for Grant, but after no sign of him for a couple of hours, we called the police. John continued his search, and as the police arrived, he came home with his little brother in tow. Grant told us that he'd been to the park and would hide out whenever he saw anyone familiar walk or drive by. Fortunately, John spotted him from the opposite side of the park, and although it took a little bit of prodding, was able to convince him to come home. Relieved, John and I weren't too anxious to punish Grant at the time. It was quite obvious that he'd originally thought he could take care for himself, when in fact, he couldn't. He's seemingly learned his lesson and says that he doesn't plan on running away again.
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