Last night, as we were leaving church, Grandmother Molly was talking to the kids and giving them goodbye kisses.
"Where's Drew?", she says.
Oh.
my.
goodness.
I forgot Drew.
Just left him in the nursery, and didn't pick him up.
I usually feel like I've left a leg or an arm behind when I don't have the kids, so I don't know how I could've possibly made it out the door and on my way to the car without even an inkling that I'd forgotten something.
Something important.
Not even a nagging suspicion.
Nope. I walked out of there free as a bird.
Ready to load the girls up and get them home.
AJ has been warning me that this day would come.
I forget my phone, diapers, wipes, appointments... you name it. All the time.
I have never forgotten a child.
This pregnancy has sucked the brains right out of my head.
Or at least that's my story... and I'm sticking to it.
At least it was at church!
ReplyDeleteI did that once with Preston...when the twins were born we were all waiting in the waiting room, then Lyle came out with them, we all went to go see them through through glass... about ten minutes or so into it Heidi looks over and asks, "Shelby?... where is Preston?" !!! I ran to the waiting room while praying please Lord, I hope no one took him! I got to the room and he was in there all alone just sleeping away in his infant seat.(he was just four months that day) I felt like the worst mom for so long after that, I felt I didn't deserve to be a mother, someone could've snached him so easy!
So don't feel so bad, at least you probably knew the teacher he was with!
Well, my parrents left me multiple times... I think I turned out o.k. One time they left for Grandpa and Grandma's in Deer Park and realized when they gor there that
ReplyDeleteChad wasn't with them.... Ya, our dogs kept me company. I don't remember how old I was, had to be 2-4. There is a family in our church who used to be our neighbors and always tell me that they would watch for me when everybody was leaving so that if I was still there they would take me home... I don't really remember that.. I was the quiet one of the five kids, and the last one. I can look back now and only imagine the craziness of having more than our two... Don't beat yourself up, you're not the first to do such a thing... :)