I made lots of phone calls to moms. I sent messages and texts. I contacted police. I spoke with officers. I made more calls. I told anyone and everyone that would listen. Our close friend assaulted our daughter when she was 14. Two weeks after graduating high school, she told me. And I went as public as I could about him. This man had been our house MULTIPLE times since the assault. Our daughter? Too afraid to tell. The friend? A lying conman with the morals of the shit I took this morning. One mom told me she had "spoken to the friend and he said it's a lie." I reiterated my daughter was not lying and told her "if he would do this my daughter, he will do it to yours." That girl was 10 at the time. She's exactly 14 now. The same as my daughter at the time. I've never spoken to that mom again. Until today when she called me. To apologize. Because guess what! It was stopped before harm was done, but it was also clear this man is a predator. He gro...
Sometimes it's crazy. Sometimes it's calm.