I suddenly bolted up out of bed early one morning! It was still dark outside. I ran to my daughter's bedroom. She was gone! I looked outside. One of our family vehicles was gone! My husband and I figured that our teenaged daughter must have run away. I got dressed to go look for her. My husband asked me where I was going to look. I said that I didn't know, but I had to go looking. The sun started coming up as I drove by a strip of malls which were all closed (but places where teenagers might go to meet). I looked in the front parking lots of the malls on both sides of the main road. Nothing. Then I back-tracked and looked behind all the buildings at the malls. Still no sign of my daughter or our vehicle.
After having scoured the parking lots of the mile strip of malls, I found myself sitting at a four-way intersection. My vehicle was pointed east, towards the sunrise. However, I could have gone north, south or west as well. I also had the option of getting on the entrance ramp of any one of three different highways. Not knowing which way to go, and in a panic that my daughter had run away with God-knows-who to God-knows-where, I LOST IT!!!
I was sitting in my car, crying hysterically in the middle of this crossroad. I was so distraught, I ended up pounding on the steering-wheel and SCREAMED outloud, "Oh, GOD!!! Where IS SHE???!!!"
I immediately heard a voice say, "East Fifth Street." I was shocked. I stopped crying. I couldn't believe my ears. There I was, locked in my car, alone, with all the windows and doors shut... hearing a voice? I said sheepishly, "What?" Once again I heard, "East Fifth Street."
There was no way I was going to ignore that! So I sat through another light, pondering what to do. "Where is East Fifth Street?" I thought. "Well, there are usually numbered streets in major cities..." (At that point, I was talking to myself). There were three major cities within a 45 minute drive. Since I was already pointing eastward, I decided to head for the closest city, straight ahead.
When I got there, I found and followed the numbered streets until I got to Fifth Street. The sun was up and people were starting to come out of there homes to go to work. I turned right onto East Fifth Street and drove slowly, looking for my daughter. When passing an alleyway, I noticed a light out of the corner of my eye but there were no people there that I could see so I drove on by. As I passed the alleyway, though, the light seemed to get brighter. I had the feeling that I should check this light out. So, I stopped my car and backed it up to the alley. There it was! The sun's light was shining through the alley. It was hitting something so directly that the glare was almost blinding. I couldn't make out what the sun's light was hitting beyond the cars which were up front, but felt the need to go look. So, I got out of my car and walked back into the alley. I couldn't believe my eyes. The sun's light was shining through the alley and reflecting brightly off of the hood of OUR MISSING VEHICLE!!!
I called my husband and told him that I had found the car on East Fifth Street in this city. He asked me what made me look THERE?
Of course, I told him it was a long story. He called the police and he and they met me in the city. I was able to explain the whole thing to him while we continued to search for our daughter. We scoured the neighborhood knocking on doors on East Fifth Street and the surrounding area until we found her a few hours later.
My daughter asked, "How did you FIND me?" I was able to say, "I cannot tell you right now but, please believe me, there is no sense in running away. WHERE EVER you go, I will find you and bring you home. Now what do you say? Shall we go home and try to work things out?" And, we did!
O.K. Gang... What do you call that phenomenon? Hope to hear from you soon... and...
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Have a great day!
After having scoured the parking lots of the mile strip of malls, I found myself sitting at a four-way intersection. My vehicle was pointed east, towards the sunrise. However, I could have gone north, south or west as well. I also had the option of getting on the entrance ramp of any one of three different highways. Not knowing which way to go, and in a panic that my daughter had run away with God-knows-who to God-knows-where, I LOST IT!!!
I was sitting in my car, crying hysterically in the middle of this crossroad. I was so distraught, I ended up pounding on the steering-wheel and SCREAMED outloud, "Oh, GOD!!! Where IS SHE???!!!"
I immediately heard a voice say, "East Fifth Street." I was shocked. I stopped crying. I couldn't believe my ears. There I was, locked in my car, alone, with all the windows and doors shut... hearing a voice? I said sheepishly, "What?" Once again I heard, "East Fifth Street."
There was no way I was going to ignore that! So I sat through another light, pondering what to do. "Where is East Fifth Street?" I thought. "Well, there are usually numbered streets in major cities..." (At that point, I was talking to myself). There were three major cities within a 45 minute drive. Since I was already pointing eastward, I decided to head for the closest city, straight ahead.
When I got there, I found and followed the numbered streets until I got to Fifth Street. The sun was up and people were starting to come out of there homes to go to work. I turned right onto East Fifth Street and drove slowly, looking for my daughter. When passing an alleyway, I noticed a light out of the corner of my eye but there were no people there that I could see so I drove on by. As I passed the alleyway, though, the light seemed to get brighter. I had the feeling that I should check this light out. So, I stopped my car and backed it up to the alley. There it was! The sun's light was shining through the alley. It was hitting something so directly that the glare was almost blinding. I couldn't make out what the sun's light was hitting beyond the cars which were up front, but felt the need to go look. So, I got out of my car and walked back into the alley. I couldn't believe my eyes. The sun's light was shining through the alley and reflecting brightly off of the hood of OUR MISSING VEHICLE!!!
I called my husband and told him that I had found the car on East Fifth Street in this city. He asked me what made me look THERE?
Of course, I told him it was a long story. He called the police and he and they met me in the city. I was able to explain the whole thing to him while we continued to search for our daughter. We scoured the neighborhood knocking on doors on East Fifth Street and the surrounding area until we found her a few hours later.
My daughter asked, "How did you FIND me?" I was able to say, "I cannot tell you right now but, please believe me, there is no sense in running away. WHERE EVER you go, I will find you and bring you home. Now what do you say? Shall we go home and try to work things out?" And, we did!
O.K. Gang... What do you call that phenomenon? Hope to hear from you soon... and...
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Have a great day!