They realized their little dog had not barked during the night. My parents would not have been able to defend themselves. Both my parents are elderly, and my dad is becoming more frail with age. Literally.Īs my parents began checking around the house to find out what else was missing, they realized the burglars indeed had been in the hallway right next to the bedroom. For a short while, both my parents panicked because they thought my mom's purse had been stolen, too. My mom grabbed her purse from the dresser and went to the kitchen, where she discovered her phone was missing.īy the time both my parents calmed enough to alert police, as if that's even possible in this type of situation, my mom had forgotten she carried her purse into the kitchen. 'We've got to call all the credit card companies! We've got to call the bank! We've got to call the insurance companies!' my dad directed with agitation and frustration. He woke my mom, who now was drowsy and not entirely understanding the gravity of the situation yet. My dad went back inside the house, now wide awake but in a state of unabashed panic. The burglars had taken the keys, so they were able to de-arm the alarm with ease. My mom had alarmed the car the night before. Then he noticed every single key in the house was missing. My dad was somewhat groggy and incoherent when the phone rang, so it took a bit of sunshine and head-clearing for him to realize his wallet was missing. Thank heavens it was caught almost immediately, and the charges were not processed. Someone was attempting to make fraudulent charges on my parents' card.

My dad woke up this morning to a call from a credit card company. There are things we all can do to be safe in our homes, and that's why I decided to go ahead and share a watered-down version of what I wrote on a very dark day. I've rewritten the most harsh portions of the post, but there are nuggets of gold here and there buried within the trauma. Now I've had a chance to calm down, and I'm not depressed about what happened anymore. I was pretty fired up that day, and I think I didn't sleep, even though I tried to vent before head hit pillow. Last November, I blew off steam by writing the blog post below in the hopes I might get some sleep.

Fury unleashed steam key