We had quite an adventure this last Sunday morning...
It all started Saturday evening when we drank the last of the milk! Honestly, somewhat of a crisis in the Bondurant family. However, we were either too tired to go to the store, forgot, or just didn't hardly think about it, so when we awoke Sunday morning, there was no milk!
Now, I'm okay to go a meal or two without milk, but Justus is not quite so content under such circumstances, so about every 10 or so minutes he would ask, "Mawwwwwwm, Will you go to the store and buy milk?" After about the 30th time, while sitting on the couch nursing Benjamin, I jokingly ask him why he didn't want to go to the store and buy milk? He thought about it, and then told me that he couldn't get the keys, put them in the car and drive to the store without me. "Bummer" I said and thought maybe that was that! Unfortunately not!
A few minutes later he heads out the front door with Gabriel faithfully in toe. Assuming they were just going out to play or perhaps get in the car, I didn't bother to ask what they were up to...but with the thought in the back of my mind that maybe he would try to go to the store (Which is within walking distance of our house). So, after not hearing them for a minute or two I finished feeding Benjamin and headed out the front door. I ran down our driveway and to the next block so I could see all the way down the hill and there was no sight of them. Hoping that they had gone the other way (Up the hill to our neighbors house), I ran back up to see if Kiely had found them. When I found out he didn't, I jumped into our car and headed farther down the hill, praying and getting more frantic as I thought about them getting down to the highway...where we had walked just the night before (With no lights or crosswalks....just fast cars).
As I turned down the last block before the highway, I heard Justus yell, "Hey Daddy! (I was driving Kiely's car). Not seeing him right away I thought maybe I was hearing things until I spotted him in my rear view. Just as I wanted to turn around another car came up the road and was heading for the intersection Justus was running across. Knowing the other car had a "Right Turn Permitted Without Stopping" sign, my heart just about froze in the split second I had to turn the car around and find my horn, so hopefully the other driver would slow down or know something was up. And sure enough. Justus was already standing in the road about 10 feet from my car, and Gabriel was in the middle of the crosswalk, carrying a ball and headed towards me. The other car stopped!
I didn't even know where to begin and was thoroughly shook up from every other thought that crossed my mind in those few minutes. After hugging them and puting the boys in the car...Justus, sadly says, "I just wanted to go to the store to buy milk!"
Ahhhhhh! And, Lord, I just want my boys to be safe. I know I can't protect or shelter them from everything, but how my heart aches to think of something happening to one of my precious little men.
