Author Archives: carl

Thoughts of a reformed thief

In another life I was a thief.  Yes, I admit it.  I was a thief. Why talk about it?  With all of the stealing that our son David does from family members, it hits home. I now fully understand what I put my family through so many years ago. You see, I used to live by the philosophy that if it wasn’t tied down, locked up, or otherwise secured, it didn’t belong to you anymore.  It belonged to me.  And then… My step-dad, turned me in for theft.  And the life I was leading caught up to me. My probation officer told me I had two paths in life.  Path A was prison.  Path B was change.  I chose Path B.  At some point in the future, I will write about what exactly that meant for my life and future.     Tweet #fighting4answrs

Keys, Keys, where are the Keys?

David, demands attention.  If you don’t give it to him, he will do something negative. What is the definition of negative?  Theft.  Yelling. Lies. those kinds of things.  Yesterday a set of mom’s keys went missing.  David cried about how he didn’t take them, and how we should believe him just this one time.  I then went through his room.  I found: My “Harley Fund” coin bank. Mom’s confirmation medallion. a check made out to his brother for five dollars from another person. (His brother’s name was crossed out, and David wrote his own name in its place.) scissors food boxes and cans. knives. a telephone I didn’t find the keys. Eventually, David said he would help look for them.  I granted him amnesty if he would just give them back.  All of a sudden he remembered seeing them in a clothes basket upstairs.  So we went to see if

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hoarding of electronic gadgets

David has compulsion with electronic items.  No small electronic gadgets are safe.  Remote controls, cell phones, DSi’s, if he can carry it, he will take it.  Very frustrating for the rest of the family. So now, when something goes missing, guess who is the first one blamed? How do you deal with hoarding?     Tweet #fighting4answrs