Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Hurt
Amy, my daughter and I had a good life. We were part of a community that we believed in. We would see them at events and we were family. Then everything changed.
A fire broke out and we ran in to try to help. We did it because we cared about the community that we had come to know and love. We did it for people in the community that we didn’t even know because it was the right thing to do.
Then the lies began. I don't understand why people think that we are the enemy. It would be like running to a fire to try to help put it out only to be charged with arson.
It doesn't bother me that strangers believed the lies. They're strangers. They don't know any better. But my friends, people I'd known for years believed them. Even when the truth was available for them to read, they accepted lies rather than look at the truth for themselves.
A fire broke out and we ran in to try to help. We did it because we cared about the community that we had come to know and love. We did it for people in the community that we didn’t even know because it was the right thing to do.
Then the lies began. I don't understand why people think that we are the enemy. It would be like running to a fire to try to help put it out only to be charged with arson.
It doesn't bother me that strangers believed the lies. They're strangers. They don't know any better. But my friends, people I'd known for years believed them. Even when the truth was available for them to read, they accepted lies rather than look at the truth for themselves.
And that's what hurts. Not the time we wasted. Not the struggles. Not the money we lost. Not the fact that someone called DCF on us or the threats. What really hurts is that people we thought were friends turned their backs on us.
We have spoken to our friends who are involved in this new event, and some say that it might be best if we did not attend. I've seen a statement which declares that this new event is now being run entirely by members of the community, as though I am not a member of this community anymore.
Now, it sounds like we are told that we are not welcome in this community. Not by strangers, but by our "friends", those who we had considered family. By the people who told us that they supported us. People who privately thanked us for all we had done but publicly could not stand far enough away.
We are hurt. We are deeply hurt. We are hurt in ways that I cannot begin to put into words.
I am sad. I am angry. I am disappointed. I am shocked. I have far fewer friends that I believed I did even two weeks ago.
We had a good life. Then everything changed, and nothing will ever be the same.
We have spoken to our friends who are involved in this new event, and some say that it might be best if we did not attend. I've seen a statement which declares that this new event is now being run entirely by members of the community, as though I am not a member of this community anymore.
Now, it sounds like we are told that we are not welcome in this community. Not by strangers, but by our "friends", those who we had considered family. By the people who told us that they supported us. People who privately thanked us for all we had done but publicly could not stand far enough away.
We are hurt. We are deeply hurt. We are hurt in ways that I cannot begin to put into words.
I am sad. I am angry. I am disappointed. I am shocked. I have far fewer friends that I believed I did even two weeks ago.
We had a good life. Then everything changed, and nothing will ever be the same.
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