I have this heavy weight sitting in the pit of my stomach right now. I am dumbfounded. Shocked. Pissed off.
I am disgusted with certain members of the human race.
Late Friday night—sometime after one a.m. (so technically early Saturday morning)—we were robbed. My husband’s livelihood was stolen right just yards from where we slept. Thousands of dollars worth of equipment. His entire PA system. Vintage items that cannot be replaced. Pedals, tuners, cables. The list goes on and on.
I am fucking outraged.
So much so that I’m having difficulty putting it into words.
Dear Thieving Bastards,
How dare you steal from us. Your utter disregard for the way society should function has totally fucked us. What you stole from us wasn’t just a little bit of equipment from a guy who likes to play music. What you stole from us was a man’s bread and butter. The way he provides for his family. You stole food from my child’s mouth. I hope you pay dearly for this.
We are far from well-off. As a matter of fact my family are probably some of the poorest people in my circle of friends. I’m not complaining, just stating a fact. A silver platter is not something we were ever handed. A strong work ethic and a respect for others? Those are things we believe in. Things you obviously have no concept of. We work really hard for everything we have and that equipment was no exception. Thanks to you, my husband had to give up a show on Saturday. He could not go make money to provide for his family because you stole all the stuff that he needs to make that money.
And now we have to figure out a way to replace all that stuff. And once we do we will be digging ourselves out of the hole that your selfish asshole act has put us into.
I hate you for that.
Your lack of respect for other people’s shit makes me sick. Just thinking about what you have done to us makes me want to vomit. And the worst part is you will probably get away with it. I hope I’m wrong.
I hope you rot.
And so here we are. Picking up the pieces of our broken dreams. Wondering how we will replace what has been taken from us. Wondering how we will do it quickly so my husband can play again. Wondering how long it will take us to get back to where we were Friday afternoon—just making it but not defeated.
The insurance company has told us we are not covered in this situation so there’s that. We are fucked.
***Some of you have asked if you could donate a little money to help us buy new equipment. My husband’s pride is keeping him from saying yes. We have a really difficult time accepting money that we don’t feel like we have earned (see work ethic note above). However, I understand that some of you really want to do this and believe in the pay it forward method of living. You are the people that bring tears to my eyes.
It is this sort of kindness that makes me—with much hesitation—put that little button below on this post. Feel free to ignore it but for those you that expressed an interest…all I can say is Thank You. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You have no idea what your desire to help means to us. Seriously. I have shed more tears over your offer than I have over our loss. YOU are what keeps me having faith in humanity.
Hey Girl,
I don’t blame you for feeling the way you feel. It is a shitty shitty SHITTY thing to do! I wish you could get all your stuff back and those guys would get caught and ripped a new *sshole.
*SMOOCH*
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Holly {Artist Mother Teacher} Reply:
June 29th, 2011 at 3:34 pm
Thanks Dutchy. People can really suck sometimes.
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Assholes. I am so sorry this happened Holly.
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Holly {Artist Mother Teacher} Reply:
June 29th, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Thanks Michelle. Me too.
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Hi Holly – I would LOVE to see you put a GIANT sign in your yard with that letter, or something similar, on it. You know the thieves are from around there some where and maybe, just maybe, they will see it and feel like the pieces of shit that they are!
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Holly {Artist Mother Teacher} Reply:
June 29th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
I doubt they would feel anything. People that will steal that much stuff that does not belong to them have no moral compass.
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I hope that you are wrong also, and that you at least get some of the stuff back. We had two cases over Memorial Day. One was a boy whose house was robbed, then days later his bike was stolen in a strong armed robbery. The second was a war vetern whose American flag, POW flag, and the flag pole, was stolen out of his yard. The newspaper put the word out and the community came together for them. Have you thought of contacting your news?
I hate that this happened to you. I wish there was something I could do to help you recover what you lost.
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Holly {Artist Mother Teacher} Reply:
June 29th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Thanks Lynda. We’ve recovered nothing as of yet and I really doubt the stolen stuff will resurface. I just don’t get why anyone would think stealing is acceptable behavior. I mean, if I get back too much change at the check-out I make sure to return the difference. How about a little respect people?
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Some people are bastards, as I’ve found out in an even worse way today.
I can’t help, but I wish you all the best and will keep you guys in my prayers. Karma will come round. It always does.
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Holly {Artist Mother Teacher} Reply:
June 29th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
I’m counting on karma to do something.
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I agree with Lynda, contact your local news. Especially since they did a story about you already, you have relations. Get the word out and catch these ashtrays! (I am trying this new thing where I don’t swear…)
In the meantime, I wish I could produce some equipment for you. I do have some contacts in Cleveland. I will ask if they know of anything that could be donated or given at a discount. And when I get paid I will be hitting that button below. So unfair that hard working people such as yourselves have to be victims of such a heartless crime.
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Holly {Artist Mother Teacher} Reply:
June 29th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Thank you. I still am a little on edge when the sun goes down. It sucks.
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This is terrible!
It must be someone who has been in your home. How else would they have known what was there?
I am so sorry you are dealing with this.
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I’m sorry to hear that, but this is the way the world works. Suck it up and move on.
They probably won’t be able to catch the ones who did this, so make sure your house is secure next time. You don’t want it to happen twice.
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