Re: quiet...in the face of tragedy?
Posted by: dhaley <dhaley@...>
Did you actually rent this shed from the owner or was it just something your
were planning to rent? Did you have some sort of agreement with the owner?
If you did not already rent it then it would seem the responsibility of the
shed belongs to the owner. That includes locking the shed if the owner
desires it to be locked. If you don't have an actual claim to the shed at
this point I think you are outside your boundaries legally by locking
someone elses shed even though it's been vandalized....just my two
cents...Deanna
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vaughnde Edwards" <stampinbookworm@blackfoot.net>
To: "Homestead" <HomesteadHeaven@weloveGod.org>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 10:58 AM
Subject: [HomeSteadHeaven] quiet...in the face of tragedy?
Our list has been very quiet since I came home. I'm wondering what everyone
is doing? I've been crying more lately and fighting a cold at the same
time. I also discovered this morning that I am full of anger...not at the
tragedy but other stresses in my life from this past week and what happened
yesterday. I've been on my knees asking for forgiveness for this anger and
am hoping to work it out of my system. Apparently while we were gone to
church and a special potluck afterwards, the neighbor allowed her daughter
and a friend of her daughter's to go into the shed that I'm planning on
renting from the owner of the apt complex where we live and paint the inside
with handprints, symbols, etc. I tried to explain to her it was vandalism
even if the stuff on the walls was not vulgar and went and bought a lock to
lock on it until the management sees it sometime today. I learned a lesson
on vandalism when I was 23 years old and my step daughter and my oldest
daughter spray painted a house. We had to pay for the damages. The
neighbor's response? it got them out of my hair for a while and it can be
painted over...its no big deal. She doesn't own the shed...it would be one
thing if she bought the wood, built it and then allowed the kids in there...
but its another when it belongs to someone else. I don't think she gets it
and that makes me sad and angry at the same time. When I refused to get the
lock off last night so the kids could get their stuff out...she slammed my
own front door in my face. I don't know anymore...am I wrong in my response
to the vandalism or my attitude? Should I just give up and go sit in a
corner and be quiet? Should I keep fighting when I am so tired of fighting?
Vaughnde Edwards
Missoula, Montana
Praise the Lord, He is Risen Indeed!!