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Our family thanks everyone again for all your kind & compassionate messages. We're so humbled by the support & goodwill. We're now completely focused on helping Jude recover physically & emotionally, as well as giving lots of love & reassurance to his little brother.
I have also been made aware numerous times now of people questioning our parenting & the circumstances of J's disappearance; I am going to address this only once. My husband & I are vigilant at the cottage & know we cannot take our eyes off our kids for a second.
When Jude went missing he was not in our care but in the care of a close family member he loves dearly while I was making lunch & caring for his little brother. This has already been reported on in certain media stories. We don't blame that person at all - they're human.
I hesitated to address this b/c I don't want it to seem like I'm saying this could never have occurred under my watch, b/c I'm sure it could. I make mistakes all the time. Indeed, my vigilance as a mom only comes from the recognition of how fragile kids are & how fallible I am...
...as an often sleep-deprived mother, as well as the knowledge that accidents happen. I wanted to address this b/c my husband & I asked ourselves an excruciating series of 'what if's' when J. was missing over basically every decision we ever made that led to this outcome.
I can therefore imagine that any parent who has suffered something like this or lost a child due to an accident will do the same for the rest of their lives. To those people I wanted to say: you don't deserve it and I hope you find some peace.
To everyone else, thank you for choosing to have a compassionate response.
And finally, some people have asked about sending J gifts & while that is extremely kind, I would suggest you consider donating to the Search & Rescue Volunteer Assoc. of Canad instead so that other families have a stronger chance of an outcome like ours: https://sarvac.ca/about/
I will now be taking a break from Twitter to continue focusing on my family.
