Comments | emcmolloy: My son went missing at 9:30 pm Sunday night.

emcmolloy

My son went missing at 9:30 pm Sunday night.

Dec 14, 2004 17:17

He’d gone snowmobiling with friends on Sunday afternoon and they had set up a bonfire on the other side of the lake and proceeded to get pissed. At 9:30 pm Geoff took off alone, drunk, heading across the lake. The friends decamped and crossed the lake to home a little while later. Geoff wasn’t there when they got back but his truck was still there ( Read more... )

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aquaseas December 15 2004, 00:29:26 UTC

OMG! What a terrible ordeal you suffered through. *big hugs* Thank God that your son is OK. I guess Christmas came early for your family this year. I'm so glad!

emcmolloy December 15 2004, 01:56:20 UTC

Thanks for the hug. Just when you think you have no faith in a higher being, you start praying anyway.

stillife December 15 2004, 00:40:34 UTC

All I can do is echo Jaye's OMG! It never ends, does it? I have a 19-year-old son who's done a few dumb things in his time (not recently, but I'm probably due). I used to think that once they got to a certain age, they stopped screwing up and you stopped worrying about them. I know now that's not the case. Especially with boys (at least in my experience), who have a tendency to think they're immune to the dangers that befall others. My son's favorite line is, "Don't worry! Trust me!" That's when I really start to worry!

So glad everything turned out OK. I'm glad the lesson got learned without any permanent damage.

emcmolloy December 15 2004, 01:58:16 UTC

"Don't worry! Trust me!" That's when I really start to worry!

I love that expression, and like you it's when I worry the most!
I just wanted to smack him and hug him at the same time. Damn infuriating boys!

qafhappy December 15 2004, 00:44:59 UTC

So glad to hear he was safe. You can tell him the new gray hairs are due to him. Hopefully, this will keep him from being so unsafe with himself again... but he's 19. We all made mistakes then, and luckily (most of us) lived to tell the tale.

It can be sobering to realize how much we worry those we love. I hope he doesn't put you through this again.

emcmolloy December 15 2004, 02:00:27 UTC

He's 20, he'll be 21 in January. Thanks for your concern.

qafhappy December 15 2004, 03:55:00 UTC

Sorry for the mistake in age. I'm sure he's a responsible boy, normally. We all made stupid mistakes when we were younger, and learned from them. I'm sure he will, too.

sandstorm63 December 15 2004, 00:53:54 UTC

OMG,OMG! When I started reading your story, I was really hoping you'd end it with good news. Holy brother! Thank God he is all right. I'm certain he won't do anything like that ever again :))

emcmolloy December 15 2004, 02:05:53 UTC

I always figured parenting ended when they hit a certain age LOL! or at least the worrying about them. He was so amazed at his own lack of judgement I think he scared himself.

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emcmolloy December 15 2004, 02:07:05 UTC

You and me both. I don't think I've ever seen my husband like that in all the years I've known him.