A new beginning

I should start by saying that all is well here. The Linden trees that line both sides of Madison Avenue are in full gorgeous flower so I know that Spring is trying to visit here. I actually didn't even wear a coat this morning. OMG. And I don't think I will pay the price and have to revert back to clutching kleenex and gobbling sudafed which was my MO over the weekend.

But it has been a tricky couple of days since we learned that one of Kate's school classmates had gone missing. And by gone missing I mean that he left his house on Sunday afternoon to go get a sandwich -- it was also his birthday -- and never came home.It sounds simple as I read it but the news which arrived both in a phone call from Arnie and an e-mail from the child's father reduced me to instant tears. It is a parent's worst nightmare and I quickly swing into the disaster mode. Clearly too much too much time spent watching Law & Order. Other more normal people opined that he had run away from home. And actually that is true but something that we didn't learn until he had been away from home for 3 nights. Kate kept wondering where he was sleeping, if he had access to a computer and if he would be watching NCIS, a Tuesday night TV program that he and Kate talk about every Wed at school.

As soon as it was clear that he had run away from home, the internet generation sprang into action. A find this kid website with almost 6.000 hits, plus ultiple posts on websites all over the city including various universites and schools around town with a notice on NBC TV resulted in his being found as he left a store in New Jersey! More than that I do not know. But the kids definitely contributed to his being found so swiftly.

I told Kate not to run away because how would I ever turn on the Tv with its 3 remotes or watch a movie again.