i was getting ready for work this morning — joshua was in the shower — when judah came up to where i was standing at the bathroom sink, wrapped her arms around my legs, made that scwunchy face, and said “ooohhhh….” if you know her, you know what i’m talking about. I asked her if she wanted some milk. she said, like she says to everything right now, “ish?” I think that’s a yes. So i went to the kitchen to get her a cup of milk from the fridge. i turned around to give it to her and she wasn’t there, even though she usually follows me around like a puppy dog.
i called her name, expecting her to come ish-ing her way into the kitchen at any second. I checked the dining room — no judah. the living room — no judah. okay. the bedrooms — no judah. the bathroom — no judah. what the…? “joshua, where’s judah?” like he’d know — he’s in the shower. I went through the whole house again, thinking she’s probably following me to each room. I couldn’t find her, and our place isn’t that big.
mild panic started setting in — where’s my child? “joshua, I can’t find her anywhere.” she wasn’t under the futon or the bed, she wasn’t hiding in our closet like she does sometimes, not behind the buffet or curled up on a dining room chair. not-so-mild panic set in at that point. my brain was running a million miles a minute trying to think of a logical explanation. i had finally decided that the rapture had come and taken my child and my silent-in-the-shower husband and left me here with a snaggletoothed poodle suffering from separation anxiety. I was beginning to all of a sudden think that God wasn’t being fair (i.e., “what do you mean I don’t get to go, too?”), when I found Her.
She was in her closet, in her old car seat, working very hard to fasten all the straps together. Whew! That was a close one. We’ll save the rapture for another day.
hey guys! kristen, i can so identify with the mama panic! how is it that men are always in the shower when a crisis is stirring? hmmmmm, sounds planned to me! will’s word for everything is “dat” we think he is saying “that” maybe it is just wishful thinking! at least it serves as an intercom to always know where he is. take care!