A GOOD DAY WITH A SCARY ENDING

Dear Kurt,

Today started off pretty normal.

You went to work.

Brooklyn and I hung out and played.

We met your family for dinner for one last get together before your uncle and aunt went back to Nebraska.

After some yummy frozen yogurt and Orange Leaf we went home.

That is when things got scary.

Your dad called and briefly told you that he was involved in a shooting at work and he couldn't get a hold of your mom and that we needed to call and tell everyone that he was okay.

And that was it.

No other information.

We spent the rest of the night watching the news and calling close relatives and passing the time with your brother and sisters playing Monopoly.

We are on our way to bed now with no other information other than that we won't be getting any more information for several days until they finish a protocol investigation.

Our imaginations are running wild and the whole situation is a bit scary.

Hopefully everything will be fine.

Sincerely, Lori

NIGHTTIME PREDATOR

Dear Kurt,

Last night after feeding Brooklyn at 2 am I got back into bed and closed my eyes.

Then my eyes popped wide open.

The big garage door was opening and a second later I heard it closing again.

Then the door from the garage to the house opened...

I grabbed your shirt and said "Kurt, someone just came in the house!"

I could see the panic in your eyes as you asked "how do you know?"

I told you I heard them and you ran to the door and flipped the hall light on and grabbed the nearest weapon: a curtain rod.

After a minute of neither hearing or seeing our predator you made your way down the hall, only to find nothing.

Turns out my mind was playing a few tricks on me. The sound that I was certain was the garage door opening and closing must have been the heater or something because we ended up listening to it all night long - since we barely slept after that.

I nearly scared the crap out of us for nothing.

Sorry.

Sincerely, Lori