Strange, I took off work 9/11...then the kids came home early from school in a panic.
It was supposed to be just a day off for me. I just needed a day to catch up. A day for myself, the kids were back in school and I just wanted to get the house back in order. I wanted to do the fall clean up, iron clothes, clean up the yard, prepare for fall, and basically wanted a day to myself...a day off from work.
Well, around 1:30 pm, my child, all of her friends arrived at my house frantic. I hadn't had the TV or radio on, I was enjoying the peace and quiet.
Once I knew what had happened and saw it on TV, we were in a different mode. I knew the person that owned the property where the brave took down the plane in PA.
Everyone was scared. As I always had large rolls of plastic to cover my huge garden, the kids started covering every window with plastic and duck tape, they called their parents and wouldn't leave the house until a parent was there to pick them up. They were frantic, then again, Camp David where the Presidents summer home is, was only 15-20 minutes by fight (helicopter) from Gettysburg. The mini-Pentagon isn't fair either, but we local's are sworn to secrecy to this site.
So, the kids stayed, the parents came and my house looked like a feature film for plastic wrap and duck tape. You could hardly get out of an orifice and you certainly weren't going to get in unless Ashley said so.
My home was always open to all my childrens friends b/c I was single and was almost always home. My children's friends parents always would call me first to see where there children were. Yep they're here. My daughter had an upstair's porch where they could all hang out and talk and have a good time. I loved it...
Well, yes, they did, they plastic covered her porch too...
Amazing how close I've become to all those children that alway's hung out at my house. They still call me to this day and tell me how well they are doing. It also amazes me that my children never wanted to leave home to go to their friends homes, they were totally happy staying at home. I guess I did something right...Its called OPEN COMMUNICATION...YOU talk to your children, they will trust you and will rather stay at home.
JMHO,
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