Road Tour Rookie

As we go from stop to stop on The National Road Tour, you have cases that for me have stood out more than others, not that any case is less important. I've had 2 of these, the first being on Saturday nite. Tabitha Franklin, missing 2 years, mother of 3 inspiring children. So much love for their mom, everything they did that nite from singing, to reading a letter to mom, to running around with friends, I could see the love. As I watched the 3 of them standing together my imagination got the best of me. I could see them standing at a picture window waiting on mom to come to pick them up for a visit. I can hear Dawson saying mom will be here in 15 minutes, to Hannah. Saying mom's late, to Gavin patiently waiting saying she'll be here. I can see them not moving from this window, talking between themselves, where is she, is she coming, did she forget. I still can see them standing there after 2 years, watching for mom to pull up but now they're not smiling, they're crying tears for their missing mom, tears of why and tears of not understanding. How you wish you could take the tears and pain away now, but as we all know it takes the public's tips, the searching and that one person who knows what happened and where she is to come forward....

Then our first stop on Sunday in Greenville Texas for Sarah Kinslow, missing for 10 years, gone, vanished at the age of 14. I have an overwhelming feeling as we pull onto the street Sarah grew up on, balloons, banner, pictures, and I can't get this feeling to settle. I see her mother, and it's like I'm drawn to her, needing to hear every word she speaks, from this is my daughter Rebecca, to telling her granddaughter Harmony not to run in and out of the house. There's a presence there, almost as saying to me she's here, Sarah. I snap a picture during prayer of Sarah's mom, sister, and the niece she is yet to meet, I see the hurt of the not knowing in their faces, the look of help me please. As the yellow and purple balloons are released, I finally feel a sense of relief, not knowing why until someone points out a purple balloon stuck in a tree, could it be the balloon represented that Sarah is there....
Angie