Lost and Found

This morning Dave and I had the scare of a lifetime...even topping the time we lost the envelope with ALL the cash, checks, and gift cards we got for our wedding. (Don't worry, we found that too) Anyway, we were outside this morning, Dave was doing yardwork and I was cleaning out the car. JAxon was flitting between the two of us, and also playing with our neighbors grandson. Well, our neighbors left for the lake, and about a minute later, Dave came into the garage. He asked where Jaxon was, and I said I had thought that he was with Dave, so at that moment, our hearts dropped, and the search began. Dave started running up and down the street, and I ran inside and checked every possible nook and cranny, toilets, closets, dishwasher, EVERYWHERE. I had no luck and ran outside in tears, and near hysterics, and could not find Dave. That meant he had expanded his search in the neighborhood and still had not found Jaxon. I said a very short and urgent prayer and went back inside to look again. While I was looking I kept thinking about our neighbors leaving...but I knew Jaxon wasn't run over by their truck or boat, we would have seen it. And I knew he couldn't have stowed away in the boat or truck. About 5 minutes had passed by this time, and 5 minutes is like an eternity when you have lost a child. I went outside and had a thought...they have a ton of toys in their garage for their grandson...I knocked on the garage door and yelled Jaxon name, and I heard a happy little voice call back to me! I was thrilled to have found Jaxon, but he was STUCK in our neighbors garage. We tried all their doors and windows (very neighborly, I know!) and then I remembered I had his business card with a cell phone number. We got ahold of Tex, who said a few very colorful words (I think out of concern and not anger...he really is quite nice) right before they turned onto the winding lake roads. About 15 minutes later, they were back to open the garage, and Jaxon had been happily playing in a toy airplane in the dark the whole time. Totally unphased, not scared in the least. All's well that ends well, but I hope I never live to feel that feeling again.