No Place Like Home

Is this blogging thing supposed to be daily? I could definitely blog more often than that. I was out to eat with a friend last night, CINCO DE MAYO!!! (LOL, none of my friends cared but me :-) Anywho… we were having a convo about someone I know and I went on to talk about how the person was no longer allowed to cross the threshold of my home. I remember telling another friend about it and she laaaaughed. She thought I was doing that to be spiteful or something. But in all honesty it was the opposite. I did it to be happy. The first time I made that decision was when I lived in Atlanta. A friend of mine… or so I thought, tried to  break in my home and I was sitting on the couch. It scared me shitless! I was relieved that it was someone I knew and he didn't have a weapon. But I was soooooo pissed, shocked, amazed and speechless. He'd previously called me like 3 times on my house phone. I didn't feel like being bothered so I didn't answer. Then an hour or so later, I hear voices at my door, my knob juggling. I went to look out my side window (I think I had a hammer in my hand!) I saw that fool & a friend of his, opened my door and asked him what the hell he was doing! He put something in his pocket right quick and said that he was just about to knock on my door. We went back of forth, on and on. I had my locks change and he became the first to not be allowed to enter my home and for good reason. My friends tried to convince me to change my mind. I was supposed to just accept the fact that he was a thief….nope!

Another one was so hard to let go. I have a friend that has a problem with stealing. I mean EVERY TIME this person would cross the threshold something was coming up missing; and I am not the only one. It has happened so much that people I know have just accepted that. The straw that broke the camel's back is that the last time this person was in my home my last….I mean 10 1 dollar bills disappeared from my wallet. I just couldn't do it anymore. When I made the decision I had no solid proof my friend had been the culprit and honestly I didn't care. The fact that this person came to mind every time something was missing is a problem in and of itself. So bye bye baby.

The other two people who can not cross my threshold have broken my heart and have caused me to shed tears. They have disturbed my peace at some point in my life and have hurt me. Though they are in my life and truly still love them both. I must have peace in my home.

So, there are my reasons. Your home should be a place of peace & happiness. If someone has ever been in my home and caused me unhappiness, they needn't return. If I cannot leave a room in my house and everything not still be there, that is a problem. If a FRIEND tries to break into my home I will never ever ever ever invite them back in. If someone causes me to ball up on the floor crying hysterically, listening to Donny Hathaway "Giving Up" they can no longer enter. LOL. I can not be responsible for everything I come into contact with on a daily basis, but at home I can be at peace.

 

**Home is the place where it feels right to walk around without shoes ~ Unknown**