ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal

[marlowmanor]

Mess with my critters and I'd be mad enough to spit nails too....now...mess with my children...that brings out my mama bear CLAWS!!!!

Hope it settles down Em

Oh yeah...

X2

Messing with my children is the one thing that will make me your absolute worst enemy. My children are my world and noone better even think about hurting them!

I'm assuming the neighbor has no kids of her own if she is being such a PITA about yours. If she has kids of her own she is setting a very bad example for them.

 

[Harbisgirl]

Being pissed off is one thing, but that woman crossed the line. That is just crazy hateful. She is obviously willing to go to any length to get back at you. Too bad she doesn't know who she's dealing with

 

[elevan]

She has kids and grandkids that live with her marlow. She just doesn't care about anything but revenge. Her hatred changes nothing about who K is or how I deal with things. Thanks for the confidence Harbisgirl.

She's a small woman as I say which is why I've never gotten along with her. I don't take well to small minded people, never have and never will.

The principal and I had a good long talk yesterday and I laid it on the line for him about her personal vendetta. Frankly he didn't care for her attitude but tried to address her "concerns" by telling her that they have protocols in place and have for some time now.

I'll share what a few of my friends had to say about it:

What are these parents going to do when their kids are out in the real world??? Good grief, it's not like long hair and wearing pink are "contagious". It's called a preference. If they're that worried about their kids being followers then its says far more about their insecurity as a parent than it does about your child. Why is it that no one would be flipping out if it was a little girl who liked short hair, wore blue and played with trucks in the mud??? ~ A.R.

And while I'm on my bandwagon... I'll throw out there one more piece of advice When youth that I work with say things like "I'd never wear a pink shirt" I simply tell them that for sure it bothers them more than it would anyone else.

I also tell them that if you're going to wear a pink shirt... you have to "own it.!"

I personally have several pink shirts....dress shirts, dress shirts with french cuffs, etc. No one makes fun of me in anything I wear....I believe partially because "I own what I wear."

I generally wear brighter colors than many folks in my career... and I get compliments all the time... but I also believe that if I walked around in my tip toes acting like I felt weird my pink or yellow shirts... or my mulit colored, brighter shirts... I think some folks would eat me alive! LOL

In the mean time.... I'll continue to pray for the persecuted! ~ D.B.

These are the types of folks whose opinions matter to me, not those who spew hatred. D.B. had a lot more to say but I thought that was his most poignant part...in essence "who cares what she says".

I appreciate the support that I get here from my online friends as well.

 

[RemudaOne]

"who cares what she says".

Exactly! And while I can only imagine how hard this must be, I pray that you don't let it affect you too much. It sounds to me like she is absolutely miserable in her life, don't let her inflict any of that on you. I would imagine that nothing would make her happier than to know that she had made you mad, miserable, or ANYTHING less than completely happy .

Praying for a peaceful day, week, year for you.

 

[bonbean01]

X 2! Agree with Kristi

 

[Mamaboid]

This woman is a bully and should be treated as such. The best way to defeat a bully is to never let them know they are getting to you. Ignore them. My Mom used to say 'when you have bested a fool, you have accomplished nothing'. It fits here, cause this 'person' is clearly a fool.

 

[goat boy]

Just out of curiosity do turken chickens actaully try to hatch anything you put under them?

 

[elevan]

Just out of curiosity do turken chickens actaully try to hatch anything you put under them?

I don't have turkens.

 

[CocoNUT]

hey elevan...

like my DH said "that's pretty low" for this lady to mess with your kid. Eventually people like this DO seal their own fate...they really do. Just keep doing what your doing, let K know how you feel and that you support him, and it'll all work itself out. I personally STRONGLY DISLIKE people like that (I'm surrounded by them at work)...but I just keep doing my thing. What is that quote about "character is NOT expressed by what you do, but through how you handle the situations you're presented with," or something like that.

You take care of yourself and keep on keeping on.

 

[Vickir73]

she is jealous of the fact that K obviously has a mother who loves and supports her and who has a great relationship with her children. She is jealous of a woman who has her life together and is obviously enjoying her life and everything around her. You keep taking the high road and keep doing what you are doing and keep communicating with the school. Pray for your neighbor. Mom always told me to either ignore bullies or kill them kindness. She always said that would aggravate them more than striking back at them. So I say, kill her with kindness . . . at least until you can find a good place to hide the body