Good Deed. Being a Good Samaritan

There is nothing quite like the scare when your nine-year-old comes in, from school and announces "There is a lost boy outside in the drive way."


Yes, that statement was meet with stunned silence. My heart went out for the boy. There was no way I was going to sit peacefully and idly inside my home and let a child be scared out of his wits, not sure WHAT to do.


So I shove my feet into my shoes, grabbed hubby's cell phone (since mine without being plugged in would be dead since it does not hold a charge), and out the door I went to help this child (what makes me angry is that my husband remains laid out on the couch, not moving nor concerned).


Austin comes with me. So we are walking at the end of the drive and I ask "How old is this boy?"


"Fifth grade." I breath a little easier but still I can imagine the fright this boy had.


Austin leads me to the boy and I ask "Do you know your parents number? I don't have a car to take you hom but I will remain with you until they pick you up." He nods his head and so I hand over the cell to let him call his parents. Unfortunately no one is home and find out he's suppose to be going to a babysitters. He leaves a voice message.


Here I am trying to wrack my brain on how to help this boy. I ask him if anything is familiar? If it was not that far I would have walked him. He asked me if I knew this one place, and I profess I really don't know Parkersburg that well, just a few choice places here or there. So, we are walking when we see a bus coming down the road close to us.


The two of us flag the bus down. Thankfully the bus driver stops. I explain that the kid got off on the wrong place. He asks the kid where he's suppose to get off. He tells the driver the same thing as me. The driver comments that he is not going in that direction and it is a good distance away.


I tell the man "I do not know this kid but I will NOT let him be alone." This ultimately makes the driver come to a decision. He thanks me and tells the kid to get on his bus. To say I am relieaved for this boy is a small description. I like to think that if such a thing happened to one of my boys, there would be a good samaritain who would do the same for them. I really hope the boy gets to his sitters safely.