I woke up to find my son missing, The back door to the apartment was wide open and all the lights were on, I run outside looking for him and see nothing, I call his mother who works full-time to see if she dropped him off somewhere because I was asleep....me and my son were both asleep, The last thing I remember, It was late, 3 A.M, He woke up screaming again, He's only 3 and is starting to have dreams and doesn't quite fully understand them yet, I'm still up because I'm always up doing chores, Laundry, Dishes, The whole gambit and I just knew it was gonna be one of those nights again, Stay-at-home dads just know, She works full-time but not because I make her, It's her thing, She's always had a job since she's been a teen, Our 8 y/o goes to school, He was still sleeping.....But she didn't know anything, She left for work before my 8 y/o gets on the bus, She makes sure he is up and ready now while me and my 3 year old are still sleeping, he was ready and waiting for the bus and she left....

I called the cops, They had him.....He walked over a 1/2 mile to the park down the street butt naked and even crossed a busy street, What surprised me the most was the first person to call, No one called in or did anything in the time that it took my son to travel that 1/2 mile, The person who called the police was a lady who saw a naked and unattended child playing on a playground according to the police.

This wasn't the first time he's ran off either, He ran away the week prior headed in the same direction except he was found in a parking lot of a local strip mall in between home and the same park, He wasn't naked, But he was spotted by a neighbor and picked up, Yes, I was asleep, And it was the exact same scenario,Just like the other night, He woke up to bad dreams, I was still up, comforted him and returned him to bed, Except that time she said she wasn't going in to work that day and told me to sleep....She left anyways without telling me.

I feel that I have to tell you at this point that I'm a full-time parent if you haven't figured it out by now, 18-20 hours of my day are spent taking care of everyone in the house, Her and the boys, She works 40-50 hours a week depending on whatever...But I feel like a 1950's middle class housewife doing my day-to-day routine.

Anyways, DHS had to get involved this time because it was the 2nd time and they determined that after over 9 years of taking care of my family...that with these 2 instances happening within 1 week of each other....I am now completely unfit to care for my sons and it is illegal to keep them in my care.

I'm numb and don't know what to do.