2002

The year, 2002, The day 14 days before Black Friday....We get a call frantic, "you'd better come, watch the place." "I have to take your dad to the hospital.' ""Please....the phone went dead. It was my Mom. No one remembers but my husband. No one believes she asked us to stay at the farm and guard it. We did -- And well -- our kid was 2 he was tiny and hated the cold but drive 3 hours we did. It was a thankless job feeding the cows and the dog. The dog would Howl at night, my hubby and I both said, This is it, Dad's dying. That dog is too sad. Black Friday we decided to go eat, we were hungry nothing for food left in the house of my parents. We went to Jamestown got groceries. Shopped at Sears, my husband still uses the shop light we got for 10.00 that day. Our kid had a ball looking at lights picking one toy a small car that lit up with shapes in it and made noise, one he had been playing with in physical therapy.

Back to the farm again. We couldn't believe our eyes. Someone an intruder had been there. The garage was well open, the drill press was going, the saws were humming and oh crap, the cows were in the road. It was then we called 2 other neighbors to come help and rounded the cows up and said NO We're putting them in the barn not leaving them per request. "The cows will be safer in the barn."

No one cared we got yelled at for stealing instead. I'm tired of family. It hurts everytime I see my sisters and mother's eyes the way they treated us. They act like we are things of the past and don't seem to care that my husband and I ruined a truck going 3 hrs per dad's request twice a month to help at the farm therafter.....I try to make holidays fun for our kid he doesn't deserve unhappiness he is good and wholesome and innocent. He doesn't remember his grandpa who finally had a boy and wanted to give him part of the farm. For me I hate holidays because of this they are just awful...

Christmas if we can sell enough we want to go away Our kid wants to see gramma I'm not sure I can handle it it hurts that we weren't trusted..

I think I know who came that day someone who is far away someone who lives 4 hrs from dad and hates me....but I can't prove it.....they sure caused a mess...it was what they wanted.

God Bless pray for me to make it thru Easter then life will calm down and be better. I hate holidays.