Our nuclear family is all aboard the Q train and on the night of easter--in our area--the emergency broacast system alarmed on my parents' alexa (yes they have one and they don't care--they like the convenience). Anyway we were all sitting together just enjoying each other's company when it happened. We didn't have our phones but the alexa alarmed throughout the house, and as if by a cruel joke, the lights above us dimmed CONSIDERABLY. My dad was convinced and let out, "oh thank God."

In the dead of night, the near silence of our gathering to be pierced by those emergency tones is the scariest thing to hear. But it was just an Amber alert for a kidnapping (the child was found, thank goodness). Just thought I'd share the wild emotions my family was feeling in those few moments. Pure adrenaline.

If it doesn't happen we will make it happen. NCSWIC.