As a parent, stories like this really hit me right in the feels:
Christopher Ramirez was found by a landowner near Texas State Highway 249, outside of Magnolia in Montgomery County, said Tim Miller, founder and director of Texas EquuSearch, a search and rescue organization dedicated to searching for missing persons.
Ramirez was reunited with his mother and taken to Texas Children's Hospital in the Woodlands, where he will be "observed and monitored for a period of time," Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell said.
There are so many horrible stories right now – especially when it comes to Texas, where cartel traffickers are leaving kids to die at the border – that it's really good to see one with a happy ending!
Apparently, Christopher was playing with his neighbor's dog while his mother was unloading groceries and followed the pup into the woods next to his house. When his mom saw the dog running around a minute later without Christoper in sight, he had already walked beyond where she could easily locate him.
The coolest part of this story might be this, however: one of the small moments of divine providence we don't often notice in our daily lives.
A local homeowner, who asked to remain anonymous, heard of Christopher's disappearance during Bible study and reportedly began searching the dense woods near his home.
"The citizen was walking his property and heard this whimper, maybe a cry, and saw the little boy, took him into his arms and called in," Sowell said. "We responded with the mother and reunited them."
How awesome is that??
Then there's this from Christopher's grandpa:
"He was in good shape, for the most part. For the conditions being down in the woods ... he'll be the ultimate Army Ranger, Navy SEAL, Air Force when he [grows up], but he's already passed the first test," he said.
Whatever he does when he grows up, I too am looking forward to this little guy's future career!
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