Imagine sending your child off on an adventure to a foreign country and waiting to hear from them, letting you know they've arrived safely, but that call never comes.

Former Meridian Mayor Tammy de Weerd and her husband Jan know that sinking feeling well because they experienced it three years ago.

The de Weerds shared their harrowing family crisis in the new book, "When We Could Not See the Moon," and joined Idaho Matters to talk more about their experience.