re: Witnessed an abandonment (Parent has been found - child returned)

That's horrible.

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True..but I think it is the undebatable #1 fear of everyone on this earth.. being totally abandoned or alone with truly no family or anyone. I know when I was growing up a kid 2 streets over who we never much hung out with had his Mom, Dad, and older brother killed in house fire. He went into foster care and a few months later (he was 12 or 13) he showed up back at school.. was NOTHING about him the same. He became very quiet and hard nosed. To me, it seemed like his very soul died that day he lost his family. I cant even fathom what its like to experience something that traumatic.

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holy shite

Tragic for this little girl...

Don't mean to be insensitive, just curious...

Did this little girl seem normal? From what you described, she was just sitting there eating ice cream?

At 5 years old, most kids would have enough awareness to realize that her mother was missing. Like another poster described in a similar situation, that other kid was crying his eyes out.

I guess I'm trying to find anything that will cause a mother to abandon her child. While still wrong and inexcusable, if her child is severely autisic, the mother could feel overwhelmed and unable to handle her care.

Again, still inexcusable, but abandonment of a 5 year old child without cause does reflect our sad state of humanity.

I called Mesa Police and found out that they found the parent and the little girl was safe. They could not or would not provide me any additional information.

I "think" that I feel much better now.

The little girl did seem normal. I think she did realize that her mother was missing and did not seem that worried. I am not sure if this is not a normal thing for her, so it was no big deal.

Thanks to those who posted responses back to me with encouragement or good thoughts. I have not felt this sick in a long time. Like lsunurse posted earlier, working in a hospital or especially ER, we see things that are just unimaginable. I believe this affected me because it was right there in the front of me. Normally I witness the back end of the situation and am too busy doing the things I have been trained to do to worry about the circumstances.

Some people suck!

I guess you don't know how long she abandoned her?

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Damn, aren't you the cage fighter?

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My mother is alive and well. Like I said not the same as the little girl in the OP.

Poor woman never had another serious boyfriend though after that. Never remarried, never really dated around.

Just raised her two boys

holy shite. my stomach just turned halfway through reading that

got damn it. I'm not even tired now.

That is terrible. I could never work in a hospital.

Returned to the parent that abandoned her?