S.A. Rambles

February 22, 2016.  I will never forget that date. The day my dad got arrested and it wasn't even during the day. It was literally minutes into the beginning of the "day." Minutes after 12:00 a.m in the middle of the night. At least according to the police report.   I think I should have trusted my gut that entire day when I just assumed he was sleeping off his drunkenness at one of his "friends" house. I should have trusted my gut when I kept calling and my calls went straight to voicemail when that rarely ever happens. I should have trusted my gut when it was past 5 pm on February 22nd and we still had not heard back from him. I should have trusted my gut when we started reaching out to family members to see if they had heard from him. I should have trusted my gut…….but I waited. Waited until I was almost going to bed. I waited, trying to push down the all too familiar feeling I had experienced before. Ignoring  that gut tugging feeling I had been exp...