The girl accross the street got an email from a friend
Nic spent the night in an abandoned bus
then he went from friend to friend all day until we tracked him down
I will post more about this later I just wanted to thank everyone

-Peter

Thank God ... I've just logged on to check on what was happening with you paintsprayer and I saw you post this ... good news. Thanks for letting us know
xxx

peter...thank you for letting us know...

tell nic im glad it all worked out for the best

and...have much love going around your house tonight as...the other outcome would have been horrible ...:F:

Some random thoughts on the last 24 hours:

I have never lived thru such a prolonged period of panic, the feeling was as though I had been awake for days on end and was functioning on just cofee. I would say I felt sick to my stomach, but it felt more like my stomach was missing.

A lot of kids new where Nic was, but were torn between what they felt was right and being loyal to him.

I was helped by a lot of strangers who went out of their way for us. I also had some parents who would not cooperate, The father of the girl he finally ran to told my wife "are you calling my daughter a liar" and yes it turns out she was lying. Another couple; parents of the last girl to see him put in a report that the officer questioning her was rude. A couple we always thought were anoying went way out of their way for us.

All of the anger, the how could you do this to us was gone as soon as I saw him

not being a hunter it was quite an experience to be outwearing an orange vest examining abandoned shacks with rifle shots ringing out in the woods.

Besides the issues we are now dealing with about home life Nic says he was being picked on at school...I feel awful I took him as the type that would be very popular.


as far as the person who said that the internet was no excuse for human interaction. My familly and friends are two states away. I don't know many people up here. all I had during that time was to sit and stare at the wall, drive around or pretend to watch television. It was comforting to me just to be able to say what I was going thru. I know I'm mostly a lurker here, but I have cofee with you all every morning

In the bus Nic slept in he reached to pet the cat in his sleep and found a raccoon on his chest, he tried to push it off and it scrathed his hand, he freaked out and punched it and it took off

I live in a no crime area, but horrible thoughts kept coming. I would make little promises to myself: we'll just go down and find him at his friends, we'll get him before dark, theyll find him in the morning etc.

Thank you everyone for your kind words

great news! I'm delighted to hear it.

:F:




this is how i feel for you...

What happened?!

natsume combs through the rest of the GD

Natsume said:

Make an effort, woman!




http://www.prince.org/msg/100/67558

ian said:

Blame it on my Asian side!!

Excellent news! Please take the opportunity to use the crisis to make the changes your family needs with the school, family counseling and anything else that can open the lines of communcation and prevent this from happening again!

Great news! Is he OK though?

Natsume said:

I better not, I'd get in trouble.

Glad to hear you found him and that he seems unharmed.

I apologize if my other post was alarmist, but I had a close family member run away from home and she was only found by the police after she escaped an attempted rape in the woods, less than 6 hours after she had run away.

Hopefully you will take this opportunity to improve communications with your son, and build a stronger relationship so he feels that he can run to you if anybody ever hurt him even if it was you.

And that all the other parents and guardians here will take note of how important it is for them to be actively involved in their children's lives, including being able to account for their every moment, until they are adult enough to take care of themselves. (And even then, at times like this, it is good to check on each other to make sure folks are okay.)

paintsprayer said:

Thank you for posting these thoughts, which gives us all an insight into what you must have been going though.

I'm so happy it all turned out well. I find it unbelievable that other parents wouldn't drop everything to help you search for him. What a cynical, self-absorbed world we live in sometimes

But, on the plus side, you say that strangers went out of their way to help and the couple you felt were annoying also helped. Maybe this will be the start of some new friendships.

xxx