Help is Here

21pqUxcKzDL._AA160_Help arrived yesterday.  In a box.  $9.95 of plastic that will revolutionize my life. I’m not sure why I hadn’t thought of it sooner.  I don’t know why I didn’t look for a solution like this long ago.  My life would have been much simpler.  But no regrets.  I’m just so happy it’s here.

Rick slipped the urine guard on the toilet.  It fit perfectly!  I was surprised to see Josiah. quite contented with the urine guard in place yesterday afternoon.  Not at all what I anticipated. Change isn’t always easy for him.  I figured he’d refuse to sit.  I knew he would throw it.  I thought for sure he would dangle it in the toilet water.  I wasn’t positive but I thought he might even try chewing on it.  Never expected he would just plop down and sit.

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Keeping Him Safe

I ordered an identification bracelet for Josiah yesterday.  The inscription on the front reads, ‘If you find me alone, I am lost.  Please read the back of this bracelet.’  On the back is his name, address and the cell phone numbers for my husband and me.

Tears welled up in my eyes when I ordered it.  How scary to think this may be the only thing that helps bring my little boy back to me should he choose to explore the neighborhood  unescorted again.

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