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This could be considered a pointless thread to some, but I just wanna say quit worrying. All those things such as how your hair is, whether or not you'll complete the coursework in time, worrying over some girl, or worrying what people think of you ... don't.
I say this because today it was reaching 6pm and mum was starting to worry. I have a brother in year 6 ( he's 11 ) and had not arrived from home yet, knowing his school is just across the road and that he is always one to let us know if he's going out after school being a parent, obviously my mum starting to worry. So I called the school and his closest friends who all either never knew where he was or wouldn't answer.
Recently there has been many assaults in the area of schoolboys getting beaten and possesions robbed, so I was asked to go down to the school and check where he is. It got dark real quick and in an area mainly surrounded by forest you can help but worry and upon coming home to mum who told me he still has not returned, I could see the worry in hear eyes and she looked at me helplessly. So I decided to go back to the school and actually ask around for him ... by this time I was actually quite nervous, knowing the reputation of the area being dangerous.
Eventually I got a call from mum saying he has returned. Turned out he was at a friends house and forgot to call. So of course that was relief but the fact that this could so easily have been a totally different situation where right now I'd have to call the police and report him missing, while walking down to the local forest area in the chance that he's around there hiding or worse.
I had flashes of being on the news with tears in eyes and requesting his safe return, stupid now that all is well .. but I could have lost my brother tonight and I doubt I could live without him. Just made me more appreciative and the whole "You only miss it when its gone" couldn't be more true. Sorry for wasting your time, just thought I'd mention this so perhaps people can step back for a minute and realize no matter what worries they have, you should all be grateful that you have your family around and the most essential things in your life .. are in place.
I say this because today it was reaching 6pm and mum was starting to worry. I have a brother in year 6 ( he's 11 ) and had not arrived from home yet, knowing his school is just across the road and that he is always one to let us know if he's going out after school being a parent, obviously my mum starting to worry. So I called the school and his closest friends who all either never knew where he was or wouldn't answer.
Recently there has been many assaults in the area of schoolboys getting beaten and possesions robbed, so I was asked to go down to the school and check where he is. It got dark real quick and in an area mainly surrounded by forest you can help but worry and upon coming home to mum who told me he still has not returned, I could see the worry in hear eyes and she looked at me helplessly. So I decided to go back to the school and actually ask around for him ... by this time I was actually quite nervous, knowing the reputation of the area being dangerous.
Eventually I got a call from mum saying he has returned. Turned out he was at a friends house and forgot to call. So of course that was relief but the fact that this could so easily have been a totally different situation where right now I'd have to call the police and report him missing, while walking down to the local forest area in the chance that he's around there hiding or worse.
I had flashes of being on the news with tears in eyes and requesting his safe return, stupid now that all is well .. but I could have lost my brother tonight and I doubt I could live without him. Just made me more appreciative and the whole "You only miss it when its gone" couldn't be more true. Sorry for wasting your time, just thought I'd mention this so perhaps people can step back for a minute and realize no matter what worries they have, you should all be grateful that you have your family around and the most essential things in your life .. are in place.
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