I sometimes wonder about my maternal instinct. Yesterday my middle daughter, Connie, lost her blankie. She's a bit old for blankie now, especially out and about, and while I prayed that the rescue mission would be successful, I wasn't especially exercised by the loss. I felt bad about that - blankie is, after all, a very well loved saggy old mini duvet.
He's gone missing before - left up a hill, left in the supermarket, you name it. Blankie is a wandering spirit!
Then this morning we went shopping, without blankie, who has been grounded after causing so much trouble. Aside from a demanding Reuben, it was a successful trip and we wheeled the trolley out to the car with some sense of accomplishment.
And then we noticed that Aurelia wasn't with us. My heart leaped into my mouth as I tore back in the shop to look for her. She was nowhere to be seen. I went to customer services almost in a blind panic. Just as I was giving a description of her, she appeared by my side, and appeared to have been totally unperturbed by her adventure.
As we walked out of the supermarket doors, I was relieved to find I did have a maternal instinct after all.
2/27/2010
Gone missing
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4 comments:
Such a scare! So glad that it turned out well.
Yikes! Glad that ended well.
Was blankie found?
Yes, blankie is safe and sound.
Hey, did you check out my wife's blog today? She did a post about The Doctor.
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