The Lost, Found... Dedicated to the AmberAlert People and all who help along the way... and to the children.

Beautiful Emmett

good one Emmett

Yes, you have covered all the emotions I think I would feel...what a horrifying thing to have to go through.....losing a child. I'm so so relieved to know that 13 year old boy in Missouri was found...I just hope he was not sexually molested. And the other boy, missing since 2002.....!! The horrors visited upon him and his family. We can only send prayers.

Bob,

Thank you for being you Bob...

part of my belief is the sacredness of every life...

But this event even means more to me than that, this is about my son.
I know what it is likle to call 911 becouse my son was missing...
I know what it is like to search arround the blocks near my home...
I know what it is like to wonder if my wife will remain sane if he is never found...
I know what it is like to find him, in a garage closet and hugging him till he complains...

My son is Autistic and makes curious choices sometimes... one time he got up at 5 am and went for a walk (age 5) up the street and someone brought him back to us.... arround 6 am...

To Bob and Susan

real hero's are seldom seen on the news...
real heros continue to look to the next emergency
real hero's like you thank others
when they diserve the thanks as well

Thank you, my brother, my sister, my friends,

Matthew Emmett Townsend

M E T - great poem. To be honest I would most likely miss the kids unless some behavior clued me into a problem.

Emmett....I don't know what to say! You touched my soul with your poetry and your comment made me cry...but they were good tears and I thank you for them.

You are a hero too my friend, you stepped up to the plate and got involved and because you did, we helped others to know about this boy. We did it together Emmett and I thank you for all you did...it means so much!

great poem that hit all the emotions on the mark! I have had nitemares about this on occasion and I can't imagine it

this is awesome I am glad that he is home where he belongs with his family the ones who love him.

Emmett, you beautifully gave words to a situation that would terar at a parent's heart. Thank you.

Emmet, "Praise God"! I can't even imagine and this was always and still is my biggest fear as Im sure it is of all parents. Thank You for the update. I am so relieved to know he was found along with another. Thank You for all you do!!!
God Bless You!

good work emmet!! You can post this to my group amberalerts

All emotions gathered in your words. I do not know what means to have an autistic child; what I know is that for some reason this soul was sent to you. One of my students works with autistic chilodren and many times we talk about, and I know it is not easy.
Thank you for all these wonderful love , fear, prayers, light etc expressed in this poem. May the light be with you all the time

Good work, Emmett! I am glad the abducted boy was found.

Excellent work Emmett - thank goodness he was found...

You posted this to a number of different groups, not all of them appropriate to the topic. You are not alone in this. Together you and many others with your zeal to share are turning this site into one big babble site. It is starting to get boring.

The solution is to moderate which will unfortunately slow down the conversation.

Lee,

I have one question.

What is the worth of one childs life?

Emmett, the worth of one child's life? We all pocess infinite intrinsic worth but this has noting to do with a group that is dedicated to say, reupholstering old furniture. If I wanted to read poetry I'd go to a poetry group. Your and a number of other people shotgun distributing junk mail to this and other sites unrelated posts can be annoying thus creating indifference etc. towards your topic. What you are doing then is creating insisitivity towards the topic of the Amber Alert.

Thank you for this poem, it is very touching. I really do appreciate your efforts.

I do want to let you know that my removal of this poem and other Amber Alerts from my groups has nothing to do with me being insensitive, and it doesn't mean I don't want these missing children to be found. I am a mother of 3 children myself, but I do agree with Lee smith & a lot of other group owners. If my group members wanted to read poetry or Amber Alerts, they would seek out a poetry group or a group dedicated to Amber Alerts. I know this may sound stupid to you and others who have been posting articles about missing children... but the groups I own and moderate do not deal with "serious" things & that is how I want to keep it. I feel that if someone wants to check out some lighthearted material, they can come to my groups and find those kinds of things. They shouldn't have to sift through off-topic content, and I don't want to do that either when I am trying to find, say, a low fat recipe, information on Fibromyalgia, or a picture of a bird.

Thank you AGAIN for creating this intense poem, and like I said: I do appreciate it. Please keep up the good work!!!

Awesome work.

I agree with Faith... I too deleted these from a couple of groups... I however left them up in the trucker group that I own due to the fact that truckers run the country and see alot of things out there...

This is a parent's nightmare to lose a child. I once lost mine in the store when he took off on me. I was upset when they let kids out of the store on an adam call in the store. We did find him hiding in a tent and it just scared me to death.