Many of my friends remember this story. I have since had to remove the original post due to unwanted guests. That is another story. All I will say is Site Meter can give you more information than just how many visitors you have. It can tell you what posts are being visited and with a little investigation (when something doesn't seem right) you can find out if your visitors are friendly or hateful people. I digress. Onto the point of the story. My sweet little JB was accused of the following crime: Unlawful use of a Marker!
We assumed he did it. He was holding the marker when we discovered the offense and therefore we concluded he was guilty. Our court was closed. End of story. Or so we thought! Today, JB pulled out Buzz to play and brought a wipe to me. He said "Mom, can you help me cwean Buzz off?" HC was standing there and said "I did that Mom." She said it so softly and as though it was finally confession time. She said, "I told a lie. JB didn't do it. I did." I asked, "Did you color the wall, sofa and buzz and JB or did JB do some too?" She said, "I did all of it. JB didn't do it."
I sent her to her room to think about what she did AND so I could gather my thoughts. When she returned, from her room, she looked at me with her puppy dog eyes and asked what would happen. I told her she needed to take all of her coins in her piggy bank and buy JB a new Buzz AND a Woody too! The Buzz would replace the one she ruined and the Woody was because she lied. She cried because she loves putting money in her piggy bank and wants her money to grow. I told her that she needed to do the right thing and replace it since she damaged his toy.
Can you believe??? I mean we were CONVINCED that JB did this!! No doubt whatsoever. I feel awful. He didn't get into trouble but we did fuss at him for the mess and made a big deal (in a this is wrong way not mean way) so he would not do this again!! She sat and watched that unfold with no remorse or anything. I guess we have the truth now but I am still shocked!! Oh well. That is finally over and done.
Friday, December 7, 2007
The Truth will set you free!
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Wow! I mean, who wouldn't have thought that JB did it? The evidence seemed to point to him. Kind of makes you rethink our whole justice system, huh?
I admire how you handled the situation. I don't know what I would have done!
Oh, and I had no idea you had hateful visitors. CRAZY!
And to top it off - when he was holding the marker and we asked him who drew on everything, his answer was - "I did it! I did it." We thought we found the guilty party. HC said NOTHING!! (Now that I think back!) We questioned her as to why she didn't tell us what JB was doing and she didn't say. Now we know!!! SHE did it, that's why she didn't tell us.
Regarding mean visits. I noticed I went from around 50 - 70 visits per day to 300 and over 200 were to the link regarding JB writing on the wall. That is what triggered my investigating things further. I removed the post for awhile and put it back up to only have the same thing happen again. The first time I couldn't find the source of why these people were visiting me but the second time revealed the source. It almost made me want to stop blogging. The hatefulness was geared towards me and not JB but it was disturbing. It wasn't anything to do with kids. Just hateful people looking for someone to attack for innocent comments. So I kept blogging even though at first I wanted to shut the whole thing down!! I haven't had anything else pop up since so I feel better.
Hi Morning Song,
I came over from Leann's blog. Well, what happened to poor JB happens with kids, I guess. It was good that your little daughter finally told the truth.
I enjoyed visiting your blog. I'm a Mom to 3 grown kids, and Nana to 3 grandchildren that I adore.
Blessings,
Renie
Ooh... what to do! I think you handled it so well and hopefully, since you got her where it hurts (in the $ dept) she think twice before doing anything like that again. I missed this post the first time, but I am sorry that you had marker all over the walls. How did you get it off?
WOW!!! Marker was everywhere, huh?! Sounds like something that the Hairston brothers would do!!
You handled the situation great! You are such a great mom!
I think it is wonderful that her conscience bothered her enough to make her confess! That means you are training her sweet heart! Great job with the punishment. You really made it fit the crime.
You know, this is the post you wrote when I first visited your blog. I fell in love with you and your kids.
Today I love all of you even more. It just shows what great parents you are that HC came clean with the truth. She knew in her heart that she had done wrong. We are not born to think that way.
I'm glad JB was so little when this happened because over time the whole story will only be a memory told by you guys. It will make you laugh even though HC made a big mistake.
This is one of those life lessons. I think as parents you will be wiser and HC will not forget the consequences of our actions.
Love to all of you.
(Sorry for the creaps that lurk and feel the right to comment. It's just WRONG!)
Ginger, I started to mention you in my post! :) I clearly remember you entering my life with that post!! I am thankful you did!!
Blessings!
I think it's a good lesson learned for her! Bless her heart...you know it had to be eating at her all this time. Probably why she finally confessed! Good for her! No better sleep than with a good conscience, right?!
By the way, I'm just catching up on my blog reading. I love the pics of your tree and your decorations!
Hope all is well...
Oh girl, how crazy is that??? I would have thought the same thing.
Good for her for telling the truth. I mean, knowing she had lied was weighing on her heart and it is great that she released it.
You handled this wonderfully. Wow! What a lesson for her to learn and may she have learned it in her heart early. Go Mom!
Oh how cute the pictures are. I would have done the same thing. You know her little heart was just broke. At least she did confess. That is good. She had to feel really bad. He does look very guilty in that first picture! HA HA HA! Kids are such a blessing.
my youngest grandson use to do things so my oldest grandson would get in tourble.
he would say mom I didnt do it.but it would be blamed on him any way.
once I was baby sitting them and I happened to be watching with out them seeing and the younger one just started screaming to the top of his lungs for no reason.
I stepped back and said whats the matter.he said the older one had hit him.
now the older boy was way across the room on the couch.
so I said I know some thing you dont.do you want to tell me the truth or face the after math?
I said tell me the truth and you wont get a spanking.
he still said the same story.
I said ok you will have to face the truth of your own lie.I was standing behind you watching all this.and you did it to get your brother in trouble.
but now your the one who will get a spanking.
he was still going to lie.so I spanked him and made him go to his room.
then I told my daugther what I had done with her and her sister when this was going on with them.
I said ok if you two are going to keep on getting each other in trouble all the time.from now on I am going to spank you both when the other gets in trouble cause I dont know who did what.
and do you know the fighting and the tatltailing stopped.and those two girls have been close ever sence.and they would stick up for each other tooth and nail.
the youngest stopped that day at getting his older brother in trouble.guess his game was up when the truth came out.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT. I mean, it's awful---but kind of funny at the same time! The good part, tho' is that HC's little heart was being convicted! Isn't it great to see God speak to your daughter?! It wasn't you who made her apologize...you probably never brought it up again---what a tender heart you've helped cultivate in your daughter's life!
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