yet another scare

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Hi ,

I know how you are feeling - have never tried the tracker devices -

keep thinking positive it will get better as she gets older. Or at

least to help you - try and figure out what she was doing - was she

heading to the shops etc. Sometimes I think these 'escapes' are a

way of our kids trying to prove to us their independance - that they

can do this that and the other thing.

Last year, we lost Trent in the city centre - this town has a

population of excess of 250,000 so you can imagine a rather large

place. There was four of us, searching the shops etc. for an hour -

had alerted individual shops we thought he may go to - centre

managemet security of both shopping centres alerted. We had one

person driving around the streets - in the end I reported him

missing to the police - while I was there, one of the shops phoned

to say he had arrived their. All back together relieved, I noticed

he was missing his jumper - which I mentioned to him (figuring that

was the last we would see of it), anyway he jumped up said 'shop'

and took off - followed, to discover he had been in the

supermarket the whole time, shopping! He took the groceries through

the checkout and told them - Mum was on her way - they nicely had

them all packed up and waiting for my return!

Another time, he took off from while at a friends house, we

believe it was to prove he can cross the roads at traffic lights

safely - fortunately this time he had his backpack with his id, and

when he walked into someone's house they phoned us.

Another time, his taxi driver let him off at the wrong campus of

Shannen's school - because the driver in response to something Trent

had said, asked him if this was were he was to go and Trent replied

with 'yes'. Trent made it safely to the other campus and the bus

stop. Although both Shannen and I were frantic and one taxi driver

was sent back to look for him, he was safe and proved he was capable

of getting himself to the bus stop.

I could keep going - memories keep flooding back of the times he has

added extra grey hairs and worry lines!!

My advice, obviously her safety is the main concern, but try and

figure out what she is trying to tell you - and if possible give her

that bit more independance.

Keep smiling

Jan, mother of Trent 20yo w/Ds from the Land DownUnder