Today something very terrible could of happened I still get cold shivers just thinking about it.
My eldest sister son Jurgen asked me if he could spend the weekend with me. I said its fine and my mom agreed to bring him to me after she has picked him up from school he is in grade 3 now.
JURGEN
So my mom brought him just after 1 o'clock. My mom looks after them during the day but sometimes she leaves them with the maid if she really needs to go somewhere. Today she decided to bring them all with. Jurgen is 9, Ivan 4 and Paul 1y and 6m. They were playing with the dong and outside. Just before my mom wanted to leave she told Jurgen to go hide away because his brother (Ivan) in going to cry after him. So when Ivan realised his brother is missing he started screaming and crying. I still don't know how it happened.
IVAN
Before my mom got into the car she asked but where is Paul we all just yelled
"THE SWIMMING POOL". My braai area looks onto our swimming pool and we were sitting there watching them. When we all walked to the door I still made sure the sliding doors are locked.
PAUL
My mom ran I ran after her as we got to the braai area we saw the water moving and my mom just yelled
"HIS IN THE SWIMMING POOL" she tried to unlock the sliding door put she was to much in a panic. I quickly unlocked it and just saw him in the swimming pool floating I just prayed, shivers going through my body again just thinking of it,
PLEASE DEAR LORD PLEASE LET HIM LIVE. I jumped in my mom was at the side and she took him from me. My aunt took him from my mom and she just collapsed and started crying. I was to shocked and cold to feel anything.
That little face that looked at me as I grabbed him I still feel like crying. We still don't know how he got to the swimming pool he must of walked around the house. He did not swallow much water because he would of vomited he must of just fell in when we got to him.
THANK THE LORD. My cellphone was in my pocket so now its water damaged will see how much it would cost to be fixed. Rather my cell phone then a life you can replace a cell phone but not a live. Luckily I downloaded all the photos and video clips on my PC in the week.
It just shows you how fast it can happen it was in a split of a second. We always say it will never happen to me it can I just realised that today. I always watch Danielle like a halk and always make sure all the doors and sliding doors is locked. When she goes outside she's never alone I am always with her. But I am phoning people on Monday to put a net on Hubby hasn't got a choice he will just have to pay.
We smoke in the braai area not in the house and I cant look at the swimming pool then the whole episode replays in my mind. I am so thankful that he was ok I don't know what I would of done if he wasn't how do you tell a mom that your kid just drowned. I don't even want to think of it. Today was a lesson to me to appreciate every second you have because in a split second it could be taken away from you.
(I did a post last night about Danielle, her visit to the dentist to have her teeth fixed but before I could publish it my money on my house phone was up so I could not even save it but will publish it again got to do everything from scratch)