SO currently I am in a dilemma (wasn't sure how to spell "quandarie" correctly). If you've been reading the posts you are aware of the "neighborhood" events that have been taking place, all of which seem to center around my front door beginning in October. Well this morning the routine was the norm, make coffee, get kids ready for school, feed kids breakfast, go over kids homework. Sierra and Ivan's job in the morning is to open/close the driveway gate. Ivan likes to run over and stand near the mailbox and do the hand signals to guide me into the correct "loading" spot. Well I glance at the front door and see something on my doormat while Sierra is "loading" into the truck. So I ask Ivan to run over and tell me what's on the mat. It's one side of a pair of scissors, so one handle with blade attached so that it resembles a knife. My thought is why on earth is it on my doormat, the only answer I could come up with given the recent activity was that someone has now escalated into throwing sharp objects at my front door.
So I take a picture and text the husband about hey "Look what was on our doorstep this morning". We decided to call the police and file a report, since it could be considered a threat, so the incident has been documented. When he came home we talked about it momentarily, a couple of wireless cameras angled in certain positions, building a halfway to try and keep people away from the front door and stop them from cutting across our front yard, and the final one he threw out at me was the if it gets worse we can rent someplace else and see if we could rent our place out.
Now I'm generally a fairly stubborn person, my feelings are somewhat muddled about this prospect however. On the one hand I'm thinking if it gets worse and the perpetrator isn't caught and we end up leaving the neighborhood, I don't want the person harrassing us to feel as though they've won, which is surely how that outcome would make them feel. Plus I hate the thought of someone literally forcing me into doing something. Yes, we never planned on staying here, this is not our forever home, but it's our home dammit and it has been for the last 8 years, we'll move when the market is back up and we can get a decent amount for our house, and when we damn well feel like moving. A part of me is saying bring it on punk, because I won't be pushed around/threatened or frightened into doing anything. Then the other part is saying swallow your pride and put a cap in your stubborness because ultimately we're talking about the safety and well being of my kids. They're kids they don't need to be afaid because someone is hitting the front door and scaring them into running back to me at night.
Lifes challenges are sometimes very clear and typically I listen to what the universe tries to tell me. On this, though I know the answer above all else is the safety and happiness of my kids, I find it very hard to swallow. SO I'm hoping that things will quiet down and not escalate farther.
