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November 11, 2006 |
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Our Youngest Boy In Our Family
FOUND by Heather Royce Roll
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
These notes were posted on telephone poles around my corner - I left this one there for three months before grabbing it...
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Whereabouts did you find this? I don't know anything about it, I'm just curious.
Isn't it funny- the parents didn't think they needed to put a name on the note. They just believed the son would know it was for him.
I don't know whether that makes me happy or sad.
that is one of the saddest thing i have ever read
At first I found this sad. Then...in reading it again..it doesn't make sense as its written...maybe its in code for some other message??? Hmmm... ;0
This just breaks my heart, it's so sad.
Creepy. THe kid didn't run away for no reason. Makes you wonder why he left, and how long ago.
Notice how some of the letters are written bigger and darker than the others? Like the "T" in "whether" and the "B" in "possible"? Maybe there really IS a code of some sort...
I agree with ellen. I can't believe someone would actually communicate with their son this way. This was either written by someone completely wiggo or is some kind of joke or an encoded message.
I know I've seen this somewhere before... Has this been in FOUND before?
I lost a daughter in a divorce. Her mother turned her against me, even though mom did the running around. I miss her and haven't heard from her in six years.
Not every child leaves home for a good reason; bad friends, drugs, mental illness, etc... I feel for this family. I may even try the note tacked to a tree for my daughter.
To Angela - Yes, I've seen it before too. I'm pretty sure this was in the 2nd Found book.
I would only hate my father more if he posted a letter like this to a tree. I feel no emotion of any find from this note. It seems like the writer is making this not as big as it should be (I just forgot the word for that!)"Have a nice day" is something I would want to hear from a parent I haven't seen in awhile.
You want your kid back, let's feel your passion.
It seems to me that English might not have been the writer's first language. Very sad, indeed.
i think what's sad about this letter is the writer(s) must not have believed it was absolutely CRITICAL the son came home enough to get a search campaign started up to look for him.
It seems odd to take down posters and put them up here as if they are "found". People put up posters/flyers, etc. so that they will be found, read and answered. And, no matter how messed up this son or his family is, someone was making a (feeble) attempt to re-connect. Who are we to judge this attempt?
I really don't like this. It's not sad, it's not heartbreaking, and it's definately not touching. It's downright frightening. There's something about it that chills me to the core.
This letter made me think son is a cult member and they are trying to reach out to him, - to get him to come home,it's sad.
Maybe it's a cult looking for new recruits...a lot of lonely kids would like to thinks this was written for them.
It seems like the kid's been missing for a long time, possibly presumed dead, and they're making a last, feeble attempt to get in touch with him. By putting these up in the area he was last seen to make themselves feel better. Or I've got an overactive imagination.
The restrained, stilted tone strikes me as an attempt to avoid alienating someone who is assumed to be angry and/or hypersensitive to percieved pity. Almost like the writer doesn't want to seem to be trying too hard. Sad, not creepy.
It doesn't seem as if this is coming from your typical "family." It's too cold and sterile - maybe it's from a cult or organization of some sort. And yes, some of the words and letters appear in bold, such as the letter "T" in whether, the letter "B" in possible, and the letter "R" in forward. It's also interesting how the word "possible" is the only word written in lowercase letters. All of this suggests that the letter is indeed written in code.
It reminds me of a letter I got from my mom a few weeks ago. I haven't spoken to my family in five months. I opened up the letter and started reading it. She told me that she missed me a lot and would like to see me again someday. She didn't understand why I was cutting off all contact with them. Throwing that letter away was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.
She also mailed me bellpeppers in a separate box. (To make sure I eat my vegetables.)
I agree with Jared- it's as though the writer is being extra careful not to upset their absent son.
I'm thinking that the son is probably a young adult- someone old enough to theoretically be on their own though for whatever reason the family feel that he shouldn't be. He may have a mental illness or behaviour problem which would explain why they're desperately wanting him to come home but using restrained language so as to not trigger him.
English as a second language, yes. Son has been gone for some time; they think he ran away. They love him very much. Sad, sad, sad.
whats with the space between "birth" and "day". its aggrevating.
wow, so many cynical comments..seems sincere to me..im sure this family has done as much as possible to find their son, whom they
clearly love/miss..the writer sounds a little defeated not uncaring. imagine trying to be "passionate" or even hopeful after losing a child. plus, its a public sign..its not like theyre about to pour out every one of their raw emotions on a street sign..its heartbreaking
When I first read this, I got the impression that the family and their son had a falling out, they may have done something to make him very upset, so he leaves. It seemed to me like the family had realized what happened, they have lost their son. He seems to have been gone for a very long time, and in this time they have tried everything possible to contact him and have him come home. This almost seems like their last hope, like they have run out of energy and just want him to come home but don't want to force him. Idk. I think it's sad.
I have heard that families whith an abducted child will not move, just on the off chance that their child finds his/her way home. That its what this reminds me of.
I do believe me and the youngest boy share the same birthday, if the date is his d.o.b.
I'm afraid that one day my parents are going to write a note like this to me. I wonder if I will call...
It reads to me like a family whose son (probably a teenager) ran away a fairly long time ago (months if not years) decided to or else were forced to move, and left these notes around the neighborhood just in case he came back looking for them.
I don't think it sounds too cold. It sounds to me like the family came to accept the circumstance some time ago and are well past the frantic stage, but they still think of the boy and worry about him, so left up the note.
i think it's sad. i think there is emotion under the stilted language.
It looks to me like somebody disappeared a long time ago and whoever wrote this note knows deep down that their son is never coming back, hence the slightly hopeless, emotionless language.
Reminds me of the story of the little Greek boy who left home because he didn't like the way he was being reared.
. . . but he came home because he hated to leave his brother's behind.