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From the lens What We Learned When My Sister Went Missing.

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  • goldenrulecomics Jan 29, 2012 @ 2:39 pm | delete
    I'm so glad she was found. Thanks for sharing.
  • kimberly Sep 26, 2011 @ 5:55 pm | delete
    I'm sorry for your loss. my sister has been missing for 30 years and her birthday is on saturday October 1st. I'm not sure I ever went through the greif I needed but I'm also not sure I believe she's not out there somewhere living life. I want to make a page for her but I'm not sure where to start. I wish you and your family all the peace and comfort you need.
  • LikinTrikin Jun 11, 2011 @ 10:04 pm | delete
    Thanks for sharing your story, I'm so happy that there was a happy ending :)
  • Maggie Jan 19, 2011 @ 8:31 pm | delete
    I am so happy for you. I went through something similar tonight with my 8yr old sister, but she is back home safe. I am so glad that everything worked out for you, I know the feeling.
  • lemonsqueezy Sep 29, 2010 @ 9:26 pm | delete
    I too am glad that this has a happy ending. I cannot imagine what you went through. Thanks for sharing such a personal story.
  • bechand Sep 25, 2010 @ 8:49 pm | delete
    Wow - intriguing story - thank you for sharing it ... I am glad you found her and I hope all is well now! - thinking of you and your sister !
  • toriphile81 Aug 30, 2010 @ 11:02 pm | delete
    Thank you for sharing such a personal story. I hope you two have a closer relationship now.
  • my_never_bored_hands Aug 15, 2010 @ 10:12 pm | delete
    I just can't imaging what all your family went through looking for your sister! So glad she's found. Thanks for sharing this story...
  • 4U2C May 22, 2010 @ 8:59 am | delete
    Congratulations on the LotD - as a mother of many, and granny to more - this especially hit home, with me. The agony that parents of a missing child experience, is indescribable. Thankfully, your sister's story had a happy ending...so many of them, don't. Thank you for sharing this one with all of us!
  • PatelMafia May 20, 2010 @ 11:45 am | delete
    It's hard to understand why teens feel running away is going to be the problem. Many households are not that sensitive to kids these days. There are so many more challenges and issues they face today that we just never had. Also media portrays more and more sex, violence and mischief as being the coolest thing out there. No wonder our children don't grow up with any sense of being. The future of our children can not just solely fall on the hands of the parents, we can not blame them for all the wrongs with kids, when every other influence out there is negative. Even Miley Cirus was quoted as saying "I am not the parent" when faced with the question of being a role model, but yet her main source of income is from underage children, if you don't want to be a role model, then don't target and take money from under 18 kids!
  • wayfarer May 18, 2010 @ 8:14 pm | delete
    Thank you for sharing such a personal story. So glad that you found her.
  • Jill_Jack May 16, 2010 @ 7:38 pm | delete
    informative & helpful lens, really great work
  • May 16, 2010 @ 7:16 pm | delete
    I can relate to this lens...i really hope that no sister, daughter, or girl ever feels that she has to leave home because of any kind of stress. This is a really common things among teenagers... good lens.
  • awalker17 May 13, 2010 @ 8:34 am | delete
    This can help people! :) very very good + im glad its a good ending:)
  • partybuzz May 13, 2010 @ 8:29 am | delete
    Thanks for sharing your story. Congratulations on LotD!!
  • clemency May 13, 2010 @ 6:07 am | delete
    Very helpful and well written lens. So pleased there was a happy ending for you, thanks for sharing. 5* and congratulations on LOTD.
  • aj2008 May 13, 2010 @ 5:42 am | delete
    This is an incredible Lens of the Day and most deserving. It seems to me, as the mother of three girls and a boy, that the teen years can be so much harder for the girls.I am so glad your sister came home.
  • GonnaFly May 13, 2010 @ 5:33 am | delete
    What an amazing story. I'm so glad that it had a good ending. I can't begin to imagine what it is like for the family of a missing loved one. Thanks for sharing this with us and for your advice on what to do.
  • charkamman May 13, 2010 @ 4:28 am | delete
    Moving, and making us all want to help the parents who face their child missing at this moment. It is the biggest fear of many parents I guess... awful. Thank you so much for writing this great lens!
  • adoringmom May 13, 2010 @ 4:08 am | delete
    This brought tears to my eyes, and I feel that this has to be said - while the family is fortunate to have her back, it is a lucky girl indeed that has people in her life that love her enough to look so hard. Sometimes they don't.
  • lasertek May 13, 2010 @ 2:50 am | delete
    Thanks so much for sharing your story and informing readers on what must be done in case someone or somebody becomes missing. 5*
  • ArtByLinda May 13, 2010 @ 12:08 am | delete
    Your story is so personal and incredibly written, it grabs you from the beginning and holds you to the very end, I am so glad she was found okay. What you are sharing may well help other families that are unsure where to turn to find their missing child. The National Center For Missing & Exploited Children has an abundance of resources for families.
    How can we all help? They have rss feeds, amber alert banners and numerous tools that people can post on their websites to help find children when they go missing. Families of missing people can find support from other families there as well. People who have been through it before and can help point them in the right direction.
    I hope your sister has found happiness in her life. Congrats on LOTD, extremely well deserved in my opinion!
    Linda
  • happynutritionist May 13, 2010 @ 12:00 am | delete
    I'm so glad your story had a positive ending...I can't fathom what it would be like to lose a child, a sister. Congrats on LOTD ~claudai
  • vallain May 12, 2010 @ 10:33 pm | delete
    I held my breath while reading your account, fearing the worst. Your experience will help others, so it's good that you shared it.
  • GrowWear May 12, 2010 @ 10:00 pm | delete
    Congratulations for your LOTD for What We Learned When My Sister Went Missing. It's a great article, and so happy your sister was found and that your family had some positive changes as a result. Yes, sadly, some families are not nearly so fortunate.
  • JenniferAkers May 12, 2010 @ 9:53 pm | delete
    Thank you for telling your family's story - you shared a personal situation that may help many other families. I'm glad that yours had a happy ending. Very deserving of LOTD!
  • judithcollins2 May 12, 2010 @ 8:01 pm | delete
    I love this lens good job it educated as well as made for interesting reading.
  • sherilea May 12, 2010 @ 7:51 pm | delete
    What a story, thanks for sharing.
  • nyfamily5 May 12, 2010 @ 7:49 pm | delete
    Excellent story and lens. Congrats on LoTD.
  • Sam_Johnson May 12, 2010 @ 5:23 pm | delete
    Congrats! on LOTD. Heart felt strory.
  • skiesgreen May 12, 2010 @ 4:31 pm | delete
    This is a gripping well written account of a personal experience that touches the heart. Congrats on LOTD, well deserved, Blessed and featured on Sprinkled with Stardust and also on Lenses That Shine.
  • Denisemro May 12, 2010 @ 3:58 pm | delete
    You're so lucky that she had the time to think about what she had to do. So many kids that age don't have the time. We lost our son at 14 because he couldn't handle his ADD anymore, and he felt he had no where to go. That was in 1992, and our family will never be the same....always that black cloud around. Cherish her presence, even when things are not so good.
  • whitemoss May 12, 2010 @ 3:49 pm | delete
    What a very moving story, so vividly told.
    Well deserving LOTD Kylyssa.
  • WealthBuilder2010 May 12, 2010 @ 2:45 pm | delete
    Wonderful story, I mean by that, educational, eyeopening and thankfully a happy ending of sorts. I am sorry you all, including your sister, had to go through all that. Life and family can be challenging. Thanks for the knowledge and sharing.
  • MicheleWebber May 12, 2010 @ 2:14 pm | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD. Not only a fascinating story, (and terrifying to the mother of a 14yr old girl) but so well written. I love the way you have included tips to help those in a similar situation. Well done.
  • ShirlW May 12, 2010 @ 1:12 pm | delete
    A lens deserving of LotD. Congratulations. It was encouraging to read a positive ending.
  • Joan4 May 12, 2010 @ 12:52 pm | delete
    What a terrifying thing! I think most parents of teens fear that one will run away--often just under the influence of a peer. Congratulations on lens of the day and on creating this helpful lens for others.
  • kimmanleyort May 12, 2010 @ 12:35 pm | delete
    One can never be prepared for something like this, so your story and tips will be very helpful to anyone going through this situation. I'm glad there was a happy ending. Well-written and well deserved LOTD.
  • prosperity66 May 12, 2010 @ 12:35 pm | delete
    I'm speechless, once again. Luckily, your story has a happy end; which isn't the case of many other stories.
    Congrats on your LOTD - it's well deserved and hope this helps people who are facing such dramatic experience.
  • Nikki-Cheeks May 12, 2010 @ 12:19 pm | delete
    Amazing Story !
  • ajgodinho May 12, 2010 @ 12:17 pm | delete
    Wow, this is a touching story with a happy ending...thank God! Thanks for sharing it as well as the valuable information you provided in this lens. I'm a proponent in helping find missing children and I've been involved with Join i5 To Alert Missing Children for which I created a lens and will lensroll it. Congrats on LOTD...hope all is well...5*s!
  • Adamophoto May 12, 2010 @ 11:56 am | delete
    A happy ending! Hug your kids 100 times a day!
  • nightcats May 12, 2010 @ 11:50 am | delete
    Thank goodness your sister returned home unharmed. The psychic was right. We should not be quick to discount these people. Thanks for your wonderful lens.
  • kimmie1967 May 12, 2010 @ 11:38 am | delete
    I am so glad your family had a happy ending. And I thank God mine did too when my 17 year old daughter ran away last year. She is home and things are much better than they were.
  • Heather426 May 12, 2010 @ 11:32 am | delete
    congrats on LOTD and I am so glad your story had a happy ending.
  • modz May 12, 2010 @ 11:11 am | delete
    congrats on LOD. I'm glad this story has a happy ending
  • JillLyon May 12, 2010 @ 10:50 am | delete
    Very well written. Thank you for sharing what was surely a painful memory. I'm sure your story will help others.
  • babylovetees May 12, 2010 @ 10:33 am | delete
    I cannot begin to imagine the horror that your sister and family went through but I can imagine the sheer joy of finding her! Congrats on your well deserved LOTD!
  • kitty222 May 12, 2010 @ 10:11 am | delete
    You're sure lucky you found her again! She's lucky too; too many kids who disappear never make it back home. Congrats on LOTD.
  • rms May 12, 2010 @ 8:52 am | delete
    Glad for the happy outcome! Congrats on LotD!
  • Niche-Diva May 12, 2010 @ 8:30 am | delete
    Such a very thought-provoking lense. Thank you for telling your story.

    Having a 15 daughter - if she ever went missing I would: (1) get down on my knees and pray (2) check her Facebook page.
  • d-artist May 12, 2010 @ 8:27 am | delete
    what a heartwrenching story...I don't know what I would have done. Ifeel for your family for having to have endured this...Thank God she is home and I pray all will be find...Congratulations on LOTD!
  • lakern26 May 12, 2010 @ 7:59 am | delete
    Thank God you found her and that she was willing to come back home. I can only imagine what you and your family must have gone through. Kids can be so impetuous. They don't realize (or don't care about) the pain they cause or how heartwrenching the uncertainty can be. Your story is very well-deserving of this LOTD. Congratulations.
  • The_Party_Animal May 12, 2010 @ 7:51 am | delete
    A sad beginning with a happy ending - I was so nervous, but glad it ended well. Congrats on LOTD - well deserved
  • stacy_mcdaniel May 12, 2010 @ 7:08 am | delete
    Congratulations on lens of the day. So happy you found her. Love happy endings:-)
  • wangqw May 12, 2010 @ 4:44 am | delete
    The end is comedy though there were so much worry .Hope ur family together ever
  • southshoretees May 12, 2010 @ 3:42 am | delete
    I'm glad this story has a happy ending. This must have been the most nerve wracking experience you've ever faced! Congratulations on a well deserved LOTD.
  • Irenemaria May 12, 2010 @ 2:20 am | delete
    I can feel the stress in my heart. Thank you for sharing this.
  • sheilamarie May 12, 2010 @ 1:38 am | delete
    Glad you found her. There are so many kids out there who don't know how to go home again. Your persistence probably saved her from even more pain.
    Helpful lens. Great job.
  • davemin May 12, 2010 @ 1:33 am | delete
    am glad that your sister was found thanks for sharing
  • WindyWinters May 12, 2010 @ 1:01 am | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD. Glad to hear your sister returned home. I can't imagine how worried your family was when she went missing.
  • hayleylou May 12, 2010 @ 12:56 am | delete
    Thanks for sharing this story. I am so glad that you found her, I cant imagine what those 6 weeks were like. Congrats on LOTD, 5* and a fav.
  • eclecticeducation May 12, 2010 @ 12:45 am | delete
    I'm so glad that your story has a happy ending. So many of them do not. I wish police would take teenage disappearances more seriously! Even if the child is "just a runaway", they still need to be found! Children are not meant to live on the streets and need to be protected from the dangers. Hopefully your story will help others under stand this and also help parents in this situation.

    Btw... Congratulations on your LotD! You deserve it. :)
  • Airinka May 12, 2010 @ 12:29 am | delete
    5 stars!
  • seegreen May 8, 2010 @ 2:05 am | delete
    As someone else posted, it is every parents worse nightmare. I don't know what is worse, her leaving, or not the not knowing. I'm glad it turned out ok and I'm glad you shared the story.
  • wolftyrs May 8, 2010 @ 9:39 am | delete
    Thank you.
  • KarenTBTEN Mar 1, 2010 @ 8:18 pm | delete
    A compelling read. Glad it had a happy ending. It's interesting about the psychic.
  • wolftyrs Mar 1, 2010 @ 8:50 pm | delete
    Thanks.
  • jgelien Jan 7, 2010 @ 9:52 am | delete
    This story is every mother's nightmare. I have three daughters and I cannot imagine the terror of not knowing where one of them was. I am so glad your sister was found.Thank you for sharing your story and all the helpful tips and links related to this situation. 5*
  • wolftyrs Jan 7, 2010 @ 12:18 pm | delete
    Thank you.
  • wolftyrs Sep 8, 2009 @ 8:26 am | in reply to Stazjia and Ecolicious | delete
    Thanks.
  • Ecolicious Jul 26, 2009 @ 8:46 pm | delete
    I'm so glad she was found. My cousin ran away a few times a a teen. I always worried she wouldn't come back.
  • Stazjia Jul 19, 2009 @ 5:23 am | delete
    Such a good lens and you tell the story so well. I'm so glad you found her in the end.
  • wolftyrs Jul 14, 2009 @ 9:03 pm | in reply to luvmyludwig | delete
    Thanks.
  • luvmyludwig Jul 14, 2009 @ 7:25 pm | delete
    You did a great job telling this story and I so very glad things turned out well in the end.
  • wolftyrs Jul 14, 2009 @ 2:11 pm | in reply to _Joan_ | delete
    Thank you.
  • _Joan_ Jul 14, 2009 @ 8:06 am | delete
    I pray that we never need this information, but what a great lens!
  • wolftyrs Jun 27, 2009 @ 8:06 pm | in reply to KimGiancaterino | delete
    It was. Thanks, Kim.
  • KimGiancaterino Jun 27, 2009 @ 7:47 pm | delete
    I'm glad things turned out well in the end. What a grueling six weeks, though! Blessed by a Squid Angel.
  • wolftyrs May 28, 2009 @ 12:27 pm | in reply to Kylyssa | delete
    Thanks, and you're certainly welcome.
  • wolftyrs May 28, 2009 @ 12:22 pm | in reply to The_Party_Animal | delete
    Thank you.
  • Kylyssa May 28, 2009 @ 10:59 am | delete
    I'm relieved to hear you and your family got your sister back. I'm sorry you and your family went through this.

    Thank you for mentioning my lens on homelessness, I'm glad it inspired you to write this lens. People need this information on how to deal with a missing child.
  • The_Party_Animal May 27, 2009 @ 9:28 am | delete
    Wow - that kept me on my toes. I am happy to hear she came home - many are not that lucky - thanks for sharing this with us.
  • wolftyrs May 26, 2009 @ 1:21 pm | in reply to Barb Carlson | delete
    That was the case. They did. Thank you, Barb.
  • Barb Carlson May 26, 2009 @ 1:11 pm | delete
    Such a gut-wrenching experience. I'm so glad she returned to you. It sounds like things got better after that ... is that the case? Such a hard thing to experience.
  • wolftyrs May 25, 2009 @ 9:18 pm | in reply to CherylK & EverythingMouse | delete
    Thank you.
  • EverythingMouse May 25, 2009 @ 8:11 pm | delete
    What a very difficult story to tell - and I am so glad that she was found
  • CherylK May 25, 2009 @ 7:58 pm | delete
    You've told this story very well. I can only imagine the fear that you were all feeling. I'm so glad she was found.
  • wolftyrs May 25, 2009 @ 7:31 pm | in reply to Ramkitten | delete
    Thank you.
  • Ramkitten May 25, 2009 @ 6:58 pm | delete
    What a story, and so well told. The Search & Rescue I do is usually in the "backcountry," but, still, some of the search tactics we use are the same. I've seen the distress on faces of family of the missing, and I can only imagine what it must feel like to worry and wonder. Your lens really gives a great glimpse into what that reality is like. Thanks for sharing.

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