I forgot!

Yesterday, was a panic moment for me. You know when you go shopping, and you turn around for just a second, and then when you look back, one of your kids is missing? That instant panic and fear that comes to your heart, even though you know that they are just around a corner, not too far. I drove down the hill to wait for Wyatt to get off the bus, so I could pick him up and drop all the kids off at grandma's, and head to work. The bus pulls up, drops 4 kids off, and Wyatt was not one of them. One of the boys runs to my car and says, "Wyatt didn't get off the bus!". Panic! I know that the bus will turn around and bring him back, if he knew to tell them that he forgot to get off. But I had the prompting to follow the bus. Knowing my Wyatt, I knew that he would be in tears, and a little panicky. So, off like an Indy race car driver I went, following that bus! It finally stops, at the top of a hill 5 minutes away, and I jump out of my car and run to the bus door, tell the bus driver, my son didn't get off, and she says, this is my first stop. My heart dropped to the ground. Did I follow the wrong bus somehow? She says that she will call the other bus driver, and then, miracle of all miracles, Wyatt's head pops up over the front seat, and just as I knew, he was in tears. Wyatt lives in his head a lot. He is my make believe king. And he was daydreaming when the bus stopped on our street, and he forgot to get off the bus. After grabbing him off the bus, and hugging him fiercely, and telling him I loved him so much, we decided to talk about it on the way to grandma's. He said, "I knew it wasn't far from our house." How wrong he was. He would have been an hour walking home, if he could get out of the subdivision the bus went to, and make it to the street that he knew. How grateful I am for that prompting to follow the bus, because if he had gotten off the bus, and tried to walk home, it would have been a nightmare for all of us! I love my crazy son, who maybe daydreams too much, but now he knows to tell the bus driver next time if he forgets!