RE: My scare today

[Guest guest]

Just reading this, even though you told me about it, still gives me the

willies.

Just so you all know, where Matt was playing and where the street is, that

little boy had to TRAVEL to get to the street!!n He must have moved SO

fast!!!!!! You wouldn't even think such a thing could happen!!!

And the road he was in....OMG!!! I always do 35 (seeeee?????????), but

always get passed by people yakking on a cell phone doing 50+

Wait until I see that little boy again......

Penny

My scare today

We had a playgroup at a park nearby. was being fine.

[Guest guest]

OMG. I just read this. What a terrible experience. I am shaking just

thinking about it.

Cecilia from Perú, mom to Dessirée (05/07/99)

Lovely husband

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De: weinberg@...

Enviado el: Viernes, 18 de Abril de 2003 04:57 p.m.

Para: parenting_autism

Asunto: My scare today

We had a playgroup at a park nearby. was being fine. Part of

the

area is surrounded by bushes, with little spaces to cut between to head

to

the tennis courts, etc. would go out one, and around to another

and

come back in. No biggie, I have to give him some space. Well one time

I

couldn't see him through the branches, so I called him. Nothing. I get

up

and since I can see over the bushes, scan the area. Nothing. Walk

towards

the last spot I see him, and cut between the bushes, scanning all the

while.

Nothing. I walk to the side and see another mom who knows him yell if

he's

up at the other end. She gets the moms looking that way.

I turn and head towards the grassy area (and the street). I see some

lady

carrying a kid wearing a gray outfit (which he was wearing) I start

yelling,

or should say, continue yelling his name and take off running. I could

tell

she wasn't trying to take off with him, and she was on the SIDEWALK!!

So,

as I continue running and yelling (no easy feat for this obese

37-year-old

woman), they turn the corner to the side street to the park. I see

another

woman near their car on a cell phone. They see me and ask if I'm his

mom,

and I say yes. The one on the phone says, " Never mind, we found his

mother " , and hangs up. I grab him, squeeze him and just start crying.

The

one that had him said that he was in the MIDDLE OF THE ROAD!!! This is

a

fairly busy, 3 lane (each direction) road. I was so thankful he wasn't

hurt. All I could do was stand there holding him and cry. I don't even

know if I said thank you. My heart was pounding and I didn't even know

if

I could make it back to the car.

I can't WAIT for school to start and he will be where I at least ASSUME

he's

safe all day. What if he'd walked directly in front of a car? What if

somebody hadn't been paying attention to their driving? The speed limit

there is 35, but people regularly go 50 or more down that street.

We came home and both of us took a nap.

ellen

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