I experienced one of those heart-stopping moments that are every parent's nightmare... My daughter and I were shopping at a local mall; one minute my two-year-old grandson was happily seated in the kid's area watching a movie, the next moment he was nowhere to be seen. Frantic, I told my daughter to search the store while I ran out to the mall entrance.
With just a few steps, I was at the store entrance, where I was abruptly stopped in my tracks. A woman was blocking my exit. She was a very large woman who seemed to occupy the entire store entrance. She was so tall that I had to bend my head all the way back to see her face and meet her gaze. I looked into her fiery eyes as she extended her left arm down the mall. My eyes followed her long arm and finger in the direction she was pointing, as I heard her fiercely proclaim, "I told him to get back in there!" Continue
