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turpsCalmed down now so can post more rationally.
We've taken all the outside lights down, I'm not giving anyone the satisfaction of taking anything else from us. That may sound like an overreaction but the lights are still hanging from the roof and all the windows are lit up, from the inside obviously so the house still looks nice. Also, I'm never going to give anyone the chance to make my son look like he did tonight. Or make him stand in the freezing cold telling me he could see bike tracks and was going to follow him. Or ask if he could stand in my bedroom and watch for someone carrying our tree in the carpark opposite. Or make him jump at every noise. So, for his piece of mind they had to come down.
I haven't changed how I think about Christmas, I still love it and no one will take that from me, or the memory of how much fun we had choosing and decorating our tree. Memories like that can't be replaced, trees can.
Also, when it comes down to it it's just a tree. I still have presents under the inside one and no ones ever got into my home. There's people on my flist who would probably love to only have a stolen tree to worry about. Yes, I lost a tiny bit of faith in people today but it was only a tiny bit, they're getting no more.
This also showed me how bloody fantastic you people are. Reading all your comments helped so much, especially as James had went running to look for the thieves and left his mobile. I've no shame in admitting that some of them made me cry again, because damn, you all rock. The police have been informed, not that it'll do any good, but if an abandoned tree is found they'll know who's it is.
One funny thing. James was going house to house asking if anyone had seen anything, like I said I was fretting at home and the radio was on the local station. Then the DJ mentioned James' name and how some scum had stolen the tree. James had decided to tell as many people as possible so used the radio to try and shame someone. And they're going to run the story on their news tomorrow.
But yeah, I'm fine, everyone's fine, because no ones going to spoil the season for me. But I'll tell you something. I'm going to get some nailed boards and put them along our fence soon, anyone try to get on my property and they can rip themselves to bits in the process.
We've taken all the outside lights down, I'm not giving anyone the satisfaction of taking anything else from us. That may sound like an overreaction but the lights are still hanging from the roof and all the windows are lit up, from the inside obviously so the house still looks nice. Also, I'm never going to give anyone the chance to make my son look like he did tonight. Or make him stand in the freezing cold telling me he could see bike tracks and was going to follow him. Or ask if he could stand in my bedroom and watch for someone carrying our tree in the carpark opposite. Or make him jump at every noise. So, for his piece of mind they had to come down.
I haven't changed how I think about Christmas, I still love it and no one will take that from me, or the memory of how much fun we had choosing and decorating our tree. Memories like that can't be replaced, trees can.
Also, when it comes down to it it's just a tree. I still have presents under the inside one and no ones ever got into my home. There's people on my flist who would probably love to only have a stolen tree to worry about. Yes, I lost a tiny bit of faith in people today but it was only a tiny bit, they're getting no more.
This also showed me how bloody fantastic you people are. Reading all your comments helped so much, especially as James had went running to look for the thieves and left his mobile. I've no shame in admitting that some of them made me cry again, because damn, you all rock. The police have been informed, not that it'll do any good, but if an abandoned tree is found they'll know who's it is.
One funny thing. James was going house to house asking if anyone had seen anything, like I said I was fretting at home and the radio was on the local station. Then the DJ mentioned James' name and how some scum had stolen the tree. James had decided to tell as many people as possible so used the radio to try and shame someone. And they're going to run the story on their news tomorrow.
But yeah, I'm fine, everyone's fine, because no ones going to spoil the season for me. But I'll tell you something. I'm going to get some nailed boards and put them along our fence soon, anyone try to get on my property and they can rip themselves to bits in the process.
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Date: 2003-12-09 09:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-10 12:59 am (UTC)Thanks hon. The flist has been amazing about this.