Easter was wonderful. The kids and I had brunch at one friend's, went to Imago for the amazing Easter service and went to an amazing single mama's house for fabulous pizza afterward.
The only blight on the weekend was the theft of Zombie Mac's MacBook. She was watching her little brother at a playground and a "bad guy," in the words of Sugar Pirate, came and just picked it up off the ground next to where she was sitting and helping Sugar Pirate with his jacket. I'm really upset because I can not replace it for her and it was a very generous gift from her grandmother. Of course we don't have renter's insurance because its been so hard to pay even basic bills like rent and electric.
Still, she impressed me with refusal to play victim in the whole thing. Through her detective work, she managed to get enough information about the guy so that he now has a warrant out on him. I am also very pleased with the work of Officer Justice of the Gresham Police Department. His response has been prompt, respectful, responsive and as proactive as a police officer is allowed. I really like the fact that he has allowed Zombie to be her own advocate and did not try to minimize her involvement or treat her "like a kid."
Its pretty doubtful she'll get the computer back and I'm not so sure that I would lay down over a grand to teach Zombie this type of self advocacy, but this has to be happening for a better reason than just random evil. Pray for the thief that somehow he gets the help he needs through all this. Pray for Zombie that nothing further happens to her and that she can be compassionate and wise as well as smart and spunky.
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Hi, found your blog through urbanmama's.... do you live in Gresham? It seems like we would have so much in common from the looks of your blog and links and such.
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