How many parent’s have lost track of their kids...I know I have. Fortunately, for me, it didn’t result in the death of a child, but this was a tragic mistake/misunderstanding.
Seems to me there was a Biblical couple who lost track of “their” child and couldn’t find Him for 3 days and I don’t think they were “bad parents” because of it.
Tragedies and mistakes happen, when we think they could never happen to us, we are just fooling ourselves.
It was more than once that I would glance back and see empty car seats and go “oh my gosh - where are the girls?” And then in the next instance remember that they were with Mom!
And TWICE I went to the store, got all sorts of groceries, drove home, opened up the back end and NO GROCERIES!?! (I had left them at the store!) Having collicky twins and the lack of sleep was my excuse - and a dang good one. Their first year is a dull, blurred memory!
Tragedies and mistakes happen, when we think they could never happen to us, we are just fooling ourselves.
Exactly.
“Seems to me there was a Biblical couple who lost track of “their” child and couldn’t find Him for 3 days and I don’t think they were “bad parents” because of it.”
Dawn, what a perfectly timed and appropriate reference! Something to remember when we are ready to accuse others of all kinds of terrible things! My heart is breaking for these poor parents who are no doubt torturing themselves with “if only”s.