I feel much better today. I am not letting it get to me, and that helps. I went around to all the neighbors on the block after it happened, and told them all equally:
"I'm saying this to every neighbor, someone called the police on something that was not an emergency. I'm sorry if that person felt that was their only option, but I wish they would have come to us with it." Most everyone was very kind about it. The older women that I talked to couldn't believe someone did that, and had hugs and words of comfort. The ones who "appeared" to not be home, or weren't home, I left a note.
One of the dad's I left a note with, felt the need to come to my door pissed off about the note. He thought I only talked/gave the note to JUST him. I had to calmly explain what happened to him AND explain, sir, that I had talked to half the neighborhood already, and needed to wait for my husband to get home to finish the block.
"Well,", he says," I called my neighbors up to see what was going on and none of them got a note." That's because I may have not made it to them yet, sir.
Ughh.
I had almost come to a emotional resolution until he showed up. He knows who called too. But I didn't ask, because I was sure he wouldn't tell.
But, I know it will come out eventually, it's a small neighborhood, and most of us know eachother.
I will not confront them, because I may have already. I honestly don't think they will tell me to my face when I walked up to their door. They were definitely not up to it to come to us in the beginning.
Now, I have to go to work for the whole day, a place that carries no comfort.
Yay for me.
But, thank you to those of you who did pray. I felt unusually calm last night, and feel much better today, knowing that I did the right thing. So, thank you so much.
"I'm saying this to every neighbor, someone called the police on something that was not an emergency. I'm sorry if that person felt that was their only option, but I wish they would have come to us with it." Most everyone was very kind about it. The older women that I talked to couldn't believe someone did that, and had hugs and words of comfort. The ones who "appeared" to not be home, or weren't home, I left a note.
One of the dad's I left a note with, felt the need to come to my door pissed off about the note. He thought I only talked/gave the note to JUST him. I had to calmly explain what happened to him AND explain, sir, that I had talked to half the neighborhood already, and needed to wait for my husband to get home to finish the block.
"Well,", he says," I called my neighbors up to see what was going on and none of them got a note." That's because I may have not made it to them yet, sir.
Ughh.
I had almost come to a emotional resolution until he showed up. He knows who called too. But I didn't ask, because I was sure he wouldn't tell.
But, I know it will come out eventually, it's a small neighborhood, and most of us know eachother.
I will not confront them, because I may have already. I honestly don't think they will tell me to my face when I walked up to their door. They were definitely not up to it to come to us in the beginning.
Now, I have to go to work for the whole day, a place that carries no comfort.
Yay for me.
But, thank you to those of you who did pray. I felt unusually calm last night, and feel much better today, knowing that I did the right thing. So, thank you so much.
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