Am finding it hard to be overly compassionate with our across-the-street neighbors who always have an uproar brewing. As I looked out the front window yesterday (had heard someone yelling and was wondering what was going on) I saw the 20-something daughter of our neighbor's son (neither live with our neighbor, but visit often) take a hand tiller out of her grandmother's backyard---the ones on a pole like a shovel, and bash it into her dad's new-ish pick-up, crushing his windshield. Twice. Is this normal behavior? We got to counting and there have been 4 incidences at that corner in the last 6 weeks. And, yes, someone called the police (not me) and the dad ended up handcuffed, though not arrested.
Can't figure out what goes on in people's lives that allows for such drama. And I think violence is so startling, especially when you're watching it first hand. The really creepy part is realizing, though, that if this daughter will damage her own father's truck, what would she do to a stranger's?
Folks do walk around with such pain. I need to pray more about this, but have to deal with the disgust as well. Not easy.
