lost....and found.....

We were at "our" State Fair recently - which can cause interesting problems about crowds, distance to walk and (especially!) parking.  Parking is a whole "other" story for a different time.  Right now I'm thinking about crowds and how easy it is to "lose" someone.  It also caused some interesting discussions.

We started with the time my sister "lost" our mother - at the State Fair.  It was long before cell phones which causes even more headaches.  She "found" her outside the building both of them were wanting to be in - The Creative Arts building.  I "lost" Dad in the Science Museum in Chicago.  He had promised he would wait "right here" for me.  I finally found him heading to the gift store where "he knew I would go."   My sister, yesterday, "lost" her friend at the State Fair.  Now we have cell phones but my sister's phone was with her friend!  It took almost an hour to find each other again.

It is easy to "lose" someone - especially in a crowd.  Now we have cell phones that are usually with us and sometimes work!  Sometimes this helps.  Sometimes we still want to scream.  I have threatened to stand in the middle and yell - just like a little kid.  Thankfully.... with the memories.... we can laugh!