Seniors

The two times the kid was in my yard, he caused problems. Throwing rocks at the neighbor's house was one of them. That was years ago and he didn't grow out of it.

I was friends with his grandmother for several years until the beginning of July. She thinks I sent an anonymous text to her about the kid rising around on the lawnmower with guns on board. I think she send a reply to everyone in the neighborhood who had her cell number and sent the same message. I told her I didn't send her a text. If I'm home, I stay in, with blinds closed, earphones on. I was trying so hard to ignore the dirt bike. I wouldn't have seen him with or without guns, because I wasn't looking. But she thinks I sent the text and then lied when I said I that I hadn't. The last text she sent me was her amateur opinion of mental illnesses I have, and that I'm erractic. I'll be the first to tell you I have diagnosed but by my choice, untreated depression and anxiety. So she was way off. I am not a coward, not a liar and I don't, have never needed friends like that :/ I know I was hurt and angry because basically, she doesn't know me or respect me. I was trying to get past that, but then found out the kid isn't leaving the area to go back to school. And his illegal activity started increasing through July. Last Tuesday, I realized the bridges are burned and I'm done.

She has never corrected the boy, as long as she's had custody. Our street goes up and oveer a high hill. They live on the other side of the hill and once he's on this side, she would never believe anything anyone told her about his behavior. We have a mutual friend who has told me things I didn't know, which I was asked not to repeat. Everything I know and have heard, paints a picture of a kid on a wrong-way track. None of the recent events will change him, but right now, I feel less anxious. In spite of knowing that for every neighbor who doesn't approve of his behavior, but tolerated it, he has a pal that will do what he tells them.

Thank you for listening.