5. Crisis Counseling
'Nice Girls Can Be Naughty': A series of articles, By Erica Miner
Excerpted From Erica's Novel, Travels With My Lovers:
Meanwhile, impressed as I was with how seriously Italians seemed to consider the disappearance of a child, the reality was that no further progress had been made in the search for my little guy. In reality, Julian was a resourceful New York City kid and could probably hold his own on the streets of any city. But I was still fraught with anxiety, all the more since I was plagued with fears about what Eric would think if he knew about the situation. I loved my husband dearly, and I didn’t want to worry him needlessly, but I had no particular desire to incur his wrath. Finally, in desperation, I had asked the policeman in charge to phone our hotel, just in case my son had somehow managed to find his way back there: was Julian that clever?
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Personal Narrative By Erica Miner:
"Talk about mixed feelings! Was I just kidding myself that my seven-year-old’s New York street smarts would serve him well enough to help him survive in a foreign city? Was it wishful thinking on my part? Adding to this was my worry about what my husband would say when he found out, countered by my inner sense of injustice, which made me ready to blame it all on his absence. To say I was confused would be an understatement. Crisis does that to you, at least that’s been my experience. Has that been yours as well?"