Thief ruins a little girl’s day
Yesterday, the wife took my daughter and her best friend to soccer practice. The girls practice at a local public park at 4 p.m. It’s a big open place in the middle of the city.
As the girls are off for spring break, the best friend came over to the house earlier for some play time. She brought her pink Nintendo DS lite, her pink iPod Nano, some games and her life’s savings ($80). They had a grand time.
As they pulled into the park and got ready to dash out to the field, the best friend left all of her things on the backseat of the wife’s car. A few minutes later, she runs up to the wife and asks her to go to the car to get her water that she forgot. The wife goes back in a hurry and forgets to lock the car when she returns.
Sure enough, when practice was over and they returned to the car, the best friend’s possessions were gone. There is some thief out there with a bunch of pink electronics and some cash.
The best friend is very shaken up and upset. We felt awful. It’s a horrible feeling when someone violates your privacy like that. The wife is also very upset that some stranger was in our car.
My daughter too was very shaken up. She felt terrible for her friend and told us she wanted to use her money (it’s earning interest in the bank) to replace some of the items that were stolen. This warmed my heart. Of course, I wasn’t about to let her do that. So, when I got home from work, off I went to Best Buy. Four hundred dollars later, the best friend has replaced some of what she lost. Unfortunately, money won’t buy back her innocence. She now knows that there are bad people out there and she isn’t completely safe from them.
“Thief, yesterday you made off with a lot more than some possessions. I truly hope that one day you realize the damage you’ve done!“
All the best
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That is terrible, although it is great to hear that you tried your best to replace what was lost. The sad thing is that whoever took these items had to know they were stealing from a child. Stealing is bad enough, but stealing from a child doesn’t get much lower.
You’re absolutely right, Derek. My only consolation is that some punk out there is stuck playing with a pink DS and iPod. I hope his friends ridicule him.