My Mom who is elderly, sits a few nights a week with an even more elderly woman. I got a call from a Louisiana State Trooper at 5:45 this morning asking if I knew where my Mom was. He explained that an abandoned car had been found at the home of an elderly woman who lives on Guidry Road and he was told that my Mom spent the night there and left at 5:00 this morning. Well, I am freaking out wondering why he is asking me this, I asked what was going on and he repeated the abandoned car thing. I told him I wanted to know what was going on now, and he finally explained that someone had shot a state trooper on I-10 and they found his car abandoned in front of the elderly ladies home at 5:15 and they wanted to be sure my Mom was safe and that the shooter did not leave in my Mom’s car or harm my Mom. He wanted to know the make and Model of my Mom’s car, I am of course panicking big by now. My husband gets out of bed, wants to know what is going on and I tell him and he says “you know your Mom goes to mass every morning”. I was panicking so bad I forgot about my Mom going to mass every morning. I tell the officer I believe she is at church and that I would meet him there. I was never so relieved to see my Mom kneeling in church praying. My Mom went pale when she saw me waiting for her outside of the church because she knew something was wrong. I explained what happened and we went to the side parking lot so the officer could question her. After all of this was over, I cried for at least 30 minutes. My Mom could have met up with this monster and she probably missed him by only 5 or 10 minutes. God was watching over my Mom this morning. I am sure her decades of going to mass every morning and her saying thousands of rosaries in her 74 years of life had something to do with it. I grew up down this quiet wonderful street and 90 percent of the people there are my Aunts, Uncles, and relatives. Thankfully everyone is ok and also we thank God the State Trooper’s wounds are not life threatening and he should be fine. The monster is still out there somewhere in the area, hopefully they will find him soon. Thanks for listening, I hope it was ok to post this here. I feel better when I put my thoughts on paper and share my feelings.
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