Lost Kids

For the first time ever I have nothing to say. I thought about finding 'S' on Craigslist, but I'm too lazy to look it up right now. 

Lost children, some lady just came into the Card Office here, she lost her son. A 13 year old autistic boy. I'm sure they will find the kid, he's probably just wandering around in the building here somewhere. She is currently talking to campus police, so maybe I can keep you informed as I write this. Right now they got pretty much the whole building looking for the kid. 

From the sounds of the lady, she just wasn't paying attention to the kid. She said he was upset and that he was lagging behind her and her other son. She lost sight of him and now she can't find him. 

Losing your kids seems to be all the rage these day. Just the other day a Guatemalan lady abandoned her 2 year old son in a Wal*Mart. She took him to Wal*Mart and made sure he wasn't with her when she left. Apparently she was unable to take care of the kid, so she assumed Wal*Mart could do it. She was responsible about the whole thing though. She gave her kid a backpack with water and snacks in it. You know, because 2 year olds are smart like that. 

We now have an alert for missing kids, the Amber Alert. Two problems with the alert. I know that the alert is named after a girl named Amber that went missing once. It's also a color though. The terror threat level uses colors. Every time I hear about an Amber Alert I get freaked out. I think the terrorists are attacking. Then I realize it's just some missing kid. Then I start looking for little kids. Which is really no different from any other time. At least call it the Sarah Alert, so people don't get it confused with terrorism. 

The other problem is that Amber is a girls name. I hear that an Amber Alert is on and I start looking for a little girl. It could be a boy though. They need an Amber Alert and an Alex Alert. This needs to happen, for the children. 

All this talk about missing children, reminds me of the time I went missing. I think I was 4 or 5. I don't remember much at all. Most of what I do remember, is from what other people have told me. 

Fortunately for me, I got lost at the happiest place on earth. Of course I'm talking about Disneyland. I was also with my older brother who was like 10 or something. 

It was the beginning of the day and everyone was going on Splash Mountain. My brother and I were sissies at the time so we didn't go. Somehow we got lost while waiting for everyone to get off of the ride. 

We spent the whole day at Disneyland by ourselves. I lived every kids dream. I don't actually know, but I assume we went on rides and stuff.

The only part that I actually remember is me and my brother walking around in the parking lot as the sun set looking for the car. Everyone was there waiting. You'd of thought the whole thing was planned. No one was even worried. 

I probably have some deep emotional baggage from that event. I just haven't realized it yet.