Mr Grumpy!!

The big fella was in such a mood tonight. His attitude and sarcasm was just horrid. He was warned that if his behaviour wasn't up to scratch or if he did one more thing wrong that he wasn't going to Young Men's tonight. Well he did one more thing wrong and then the sh*t hit the fan!!
The mouth he has. The carry on he did. The way he spoke to me & Mark was atrocious!!

I tried so hard to prevent the big fella from running away. I asked him to go to his room. I kept my distance from him so that he would bolt! I was so frightened that he was going to leave. I had visions in my head of him taking off never to be found. All this was the last thing I needed, especially after that teenager from Narre went missing for 11 days. I was sure that boy was going to end up dead but they found him. I was scared that would be what happened to the big fella. It's not like it's the first time he's taken off. He used to do it ALL the time when we lived in Adelaide.

Eventually the big fella went into his room. I even got him to phone Br. Gilbert and talk to him to see if that made a difference but it didn't really. He was hoping Br. Gilbert would be on his side but he wasn't and that just seemed to make matters worse.

After he'd been on the phone he said I'm going to have a bath to try and calm down. I thought that was such a good idea. Time to cool off and relax. We both needed it for sure. I'm so grateful it helped. When he came out of the bathroom it was like he was a different child altogether. He even apologised. I swear I never want to feel that awful and helpless again. I never EVER want to hear him say that he wants to run away. It's to frightening to contemplate.