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My son has been worrying about a "tumor" he has on his lower leg. I called the doctors office this morning to make an appointment to have his "tumor" evaluated.
They told me to bring him in today at noon.
I went to the school to pick him up (he had no idea i was coming) and the secretary was unable to locate him. She said that perhaps he was "skipping."
My first response was denial. NO WAY MY SON WOULD DO THAT! I immediately went from denial to "I'm going to kill him!" I called my sons cell phone. He did not pick up the call. I left the following message..."WHERE ARE YOU. I'M AT YOUR SCHOOL AND YOU ARE NOT. CALL ME RIGHT NOW! My stomach was in knots. I was angry. I started to question everything....how many times has he done this and not been caught......where does he go when he skips.......what does he do when he skips...what other lies has he told me? Has he ever been honest about anything? Is he doing drugs? Are his report cards fake. Maybe he's failing every subject and all those other grades are just fakes....he's been doctoring his report card?
Then I remembered that my son was scheduled to take his drivers test on Monday. I've had reservations about him getting his license. I think 16 might be too young. I read everday in the paper about another kid being killed in a wreck..... I'm scared. I don't want him driving. I don't want him to get hurt. Suddenly I felt kinda glad that I had caught my son skipping school. I will use his skipping school as an excuse for not allowing him to take his drivers test........and in that moment, my son walked in to the school office....still chewing part of his lunch, his hair a little out of place, looking all cute with his little baby smile. "Hi mom. What are you doing here?"
Seems he wasn't skipping. He had been in the lunch room eating....his grades really are good, he doesn't do drugs, his whole life hasn't been one big lie..............and so I signed him out and took him to the doctor........his tumor was nothing more than a fatty deposit......"I can't believe you'd think I would skip school" (he would, it's what teens do).........and so on it goes....life in the big city.