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| Rachel and her best friend enjoy a meal together. |
One day last week, I
dropped my six-year-old daughter off at school at 7:00 am, and embarked on a
particularly busy day. I asked a friend
if she could pick Rachel up from school because I had a meeting scheduled right
at the time school was out at 10:00 am. She agreed.
I was in the middle of the meeting when my cell
phone rang. Looking at the display, I
saw my friend’s name. Glancing at the
clock, I saw it was time for school to be out.
Hmmm. A strange feeling came over me in the second or two it took me to
answer, but my friend’s words sent my heart plummeting into the pit of my
stomach.
“I’m at the school, and
Rachel isn’t there!”
