LOST

This past monday was a bit of a stressful night. The whole month of October has been stressful. It is a month I do not want to repeat anytime soon.\
Mady came in the house and asked if she could go to her new friends house, which I quickly said "NO." Mady makes lots of friends and I had no idea who this new friend was where she lived or anything about her parents. so I got on the phone to check on a friend who had recently had back surgery. 35 minutes later I got off the phone and went outside to get the kids. At this point it was time to come in. The sun was going down and we were going to go to a park to exercise. So I started calling for Mady and no response. I didn't see her at the park. Cameron and spencer looked upstairs and in the back yard and no Mady. I sent them to a couple of neighbors houses to check to see if she was there. NO Mady! So at this point I started getting a little worried and got into my car and started looking through the neighborhood, with no luck. The boys got on there bikes and started searching. About 15 to 20 minutes into this I started to panick and get very sick to my stomach. I came in the house and called Anthony and Jessica. Both were on there way to help look for Mady. I called the police and in a matter of a couple of minutes they had 7 officers circle the area around my house. I gave a description and they asked me to print up a picture of Mady. I started really getting sick to my stomach at that point. As the mom I started thinking of some terrible things and panicking. My neighbor behind us had also been on his bike looking and was in the house with me while I was on the phone. He was trying to calm me down. A couple minutes later Payton walked in and announced that he had found Mady. And there she was. I wanted to spank her bottom for doing that but was so happy to see her I started crying more. I called the police back and let them know she was here and an officer showed up to talk to mady. Which I appreciated greatly. He told my kids everything that I tell them constantly. Like when the sun goes down you come in the house, or don't leave your sister out there by herself. All Mady said was, and through her tears, (she was so scared I could see her legs shaking through her pants) "I don't want to be arrested!" The officer said he wasn't going to do that, but that she really needed to listen to her mom and be more obedient. Needless to say the child has been on house arrest for the week, and maybe for her LIFE!!!!! We will see about that last part. What a sickening experience. That was a terrible feeling. One of the worst I have had. So, like I said in the beginning, I will be so glad when October is over. I have had more stress this month than one person can handle. All done!!