A Word to the Wise

Yesterday was a very busy and stressful day. Not including the packing half our apartment and moving it all to the storage unit, Paul received a call at about 3:30 from his co-worker, Aaron, that was working this weekend. In the conversation we learned that Dennis, Paul's other co-worker, a 56 year old man was last seen at 8:10 that morning when they all got off work.His wife, Andrea, got worried at about 1:00 and went down to the maintenance shop where they all work. The gate, which is usually locked, was wide open. Dennis' car was there with the keys in it. The doors to the shop were locked. She then called Aaron to find out what was up. He said he hadn't seen Dennis since that morning and that he would meet Andrea at the shop to go through it to see if Dennis were there. They find Dennis' office unlocked with his wallet and keys to the shop on his desk. The police were then called.They came out and then all the rest of the employees show up including us. We stayed there with Andrea and her kids for about 2-3 hours. They had cops going around the native, tall grass, at the golf course with a fourwheeler and horses to make sure his body wasn't there.We went home to shower and feed Zack. We go right back and no one is there. Aparently they sent everyone home to wait. We ran into the local Dective and let him back in the shop to look around some more and to check out his wallet to see if there were any notes or if it looked as though anything were missing. Nothing, so we went back home. He also told us that Andrea told them that Dennis had once before gotten disoriented and couldn't find his way home. We said a family prayer for Dennis and went to bed.This morning at 8:30 Paul got another phone call from his boss, Jim. Jim informed him that they found Dennis in Wendover, of all places. We are assuming that he got disoriented and walked over to the Flying J behind the golf course and hitched a ride with a truck driver. This is what we are hoping for because if it isn't the case he will be dead anyway from his wife and kids killing him.I could never imagine, nor do I ever want to know what Andrea was going through.Now the word to the wise, never ever do this to your family. If something like this does happen and you get lost. Go to a psychologist and find out what is triggering it. It will save your life with your family.I guess this word to the wise is more for Paul than anyone, but I just thought I would warn anyone that would even think about it. Never leave without telling anyone where you are going.