I guess I can not stop myself.... It feels like I am letting you down if I don't write to you.....
Well, you dad and I spoke okay and decided, what the heck... Why try and keep it a secret that we are looking for you.... We are flying blind and for all we know we are not even in the same state that you are in right now....
Your dad, me and Susan left the house just after midnight on Tuesday evening.... We hardly left and one of the windshield wipers broke. We stopped at Walmart about three miles from where we started and had to buy new wiper blades and install them..... Here we were at 1am, sitting on our butts in the parking lot in front of Walmart trying to read the directions on how to install then..... We at least got out of there before 2am..... We drove into New Orleans at around 8am and then went on to Gulfport, MS. We visited all the homeless shelters, soup kitchens, spoke to local people, distributed flyers and photo's and you know what, we had no luck.... No-one had seen you out there..... I have to tell you that from earlier leads we were made to believe that you were no longer in New Orleans so we stopped perusing that avenue.... We have been waiting for a lead but we have nothing.... We decided to move on and try further west than that.... The reason for us being in Mississippi that morning.... It was raining really hard and at the first shelter your dad pulled the truck right up to the building so that Susan and I could jump out without getting to wet.... When we walked in there was a young man that looked just like you..... My heart almost stopped.... I was so excited but at the same time so scared....... Well when I looked closer I realized that it was not you..... It felt like I lost you all over when I have not even found you.....
Well, it kept on raining as we drove on, getting worse as the day went on..... By the time we got to Biloxi, Mississippi, there were flash flood warnings all over the place..... We stopped at every shelter, greyhound bus stop, talked to locals, handed out flyers and gave people our names and numbers and still, no-one had seen you. We finally arrived at our hotel and went to bed.... It was a really long day and we know knew ......... Nothing!!!!!... Well, the positive people we are we did not take this as a bad sight.... At least we did not think you were in Mississippi....... One more state to check off....
The next day we moved on to Alabama.... We stopped at all the shelters that we could find.... We stopped at Mobile, Alabama for one.... Same thing.... Went to all the shelters, soup kitchens, spoke the locals.... Still nothing.... We drove down to the beaches...... From the one, to the next the next.... Looking at every person that could potentially be you... Every time continuing on our journey, having to realize that we still know NOTHING at all!!!
From there we drove on to Pensacola, Florida...... There we found people that said that they may have seen you.... We don't really go on that or get to excited about that.... We first take all the facts, look into them, verify then and then see where it takes us.... As you know, seeing that we have no idea where you are, leading us no where.... This one person said that he had a beer with you and he saw you at the library on the computer...... We drove to the library but no-one there recognized you so we did not take that to seriously...... Every lead that we get we at so hopeful but at the end of every day - driving back to the hotel, it is very quiet, no-one says a word.... We are all thinking the same thing but no one wants to say a word....... Sort of disappointed, discouraged, drained...... Just before we came home yesterday we spoke to someone that said that if he was you that he would go to Panama City.... We decided o drive to Destin and got a hotel there for the night.....
So guess what we did this morning... Yes, you guessed right... We were off to Panama City..... Visited the Greyhound bus stops, homeless shelters, soup kitchens, spoke with the locals, even stopped a few cops along the road.... Same results as always.... No less, no clues, no Rocky..... Once again, NOTHING!!!!! You kind of get used to it.... You pray and pray and pray but still NOTHING!!!!!! We spent the nigh in a hotel in Destin..... Beautiful place but we don't really focus on the beautiful beaches, we don't focus on the color of the water, or the white of the sand.... All we do is to look if we can see you in the crowds ....... But NOHING!!!
With no leads anywhere east of Pensacola we decided to spent tonight in a hotel in Pensacola...... Susan and I have to drive back to Texas in the morning because she has to get back to her family and I have to fly to Virginia to go work on Sunday night...... Oh how I wish that I would stay longer with your dad but I have to work......
Well, if you are anywhere between Houston and Florida pease just give your dad a call..... Just let him know where you are.... We will not try to convince you to come home... We just need to see that you are really ok...... Please just give him a chance.... He I going to stay another week to see if he has any more lunch.....
I can not even start t explained to you how hard this is for us...... Please Rocky, pease please please, just talk to us in person........
I have to get to bed... It is a really long road back home for us two girls and we have a few stops to make before we get back to Houston..... All just for you.....
Lots and lots of love....
Dad and Ma
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