A Sad Thing Happened to the Bed
Posted on August 21, 2007 - Filed Under Personal, Simple Life |
So, you all remember that we no longer have a bed, right? Well, we might not ever have our bed back again. Which sucks, but kind of makes sense. Here´s the story:
The store where we bought the bed is a family owned string of stores. There is a couple who owns the entire line and they have cousins and siblings managing the individual stores. The one where we bought the bed belonged to a family that Irving´s family knows very well, they live just a couple houses up from us.
Apparently, the head of the chain was kidnapped on Thursday and held for ransom. His sister said she would pay, but only if they released her brother. He was released and she decided not to pay the ransom after all. Now, the sad part is this, the gang went after the WRONG target. They thought they were getting the owner´s youngest son, but they actually went after his nephew.
Who is the son of the store manager where we bought.
Apparently, on Saturday, a woman went in and bought a bed and the guy went to deliver it, with her. He realized when he was nearly there, that a car was following them and he tried to get away, but they ran into him. He got out and took off running and was shot 20 times. Someone saw all this and called his sister who thought he had been injured. When she arrived, her brother was very dead.
Now, the head of the chain of stores has vanished and all the family members are very frightened and have closed their stores. Which is why we may not have a bed again. But this is also a bit frightening to me because they got the WRONG guy. Irving and I are seriously questioning the wisdom of raising our children in this country.
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Oh my goodness, Genesis! That’s terrible. All this happened to people who live near you and you guys know?! I think I’d be getting the heck out of dodge! There’s plenty of room in Alabama for a writer, a musician, and their two adorable sons…
(Happened over here from my blog. Thanks for visiting!)
Goodness. Just getting acquainted with your story. This is in Guatemala?
We live in South Texas and just got hit by Storm Erin. We are glad that Dean went another way but totally realize that if it doesn’t get us it will get someone else. Hope it’s not too bad for you.
I didn’t realize it is still this dangerous in Guatemala. I traveled to Guatemala as a young kid, back in the late 60’s, early 70’s I guess, when it was just a poor, but beautiful country. My father was doing a research project with a colleague who worked in Public Health in Guatemala but finally had to leave for his health when things there got really bad. Even though I was pretty young, Guatemala made a huge impact on me. I admire your courage in living in such a troubled spot.
Your blog looks worth coming back to (many times) so I’ll probably “see” you again.
Thanks for all the comments. I´m going to try and respond to each!
Jessie, thank you for the offer!
I am working on getting papers done for myself and the boys. Until that is done, none of us can go anywhere, Canada or otherwise!
Melody, yup, Guatemala. We´re still getting downpours, but it looks like that´s all the effect we will have from Dean. Thank goodness.
Sarala, how cool that your parents brought you here! It is definitely safer than it was back then, but things have been getting worse. With the last president, everything went downhill and the gangs got out of control, infiltrated the police, even more than before, etc. It´s an election year, so hopefully we will get someone who can actually make a dent in this mess!
When I first arrived in Guatemala, there were dangerous areas, but for the most part, it was pretty safe. Now it is just getting more and more dangerous. Like I said above, we are getting the paperwork sorted so that we can run if we need to and I am starting an emergency fund. Just in case. It isn´t that bad yet and hopefully it won´t be, but it´s better to be safe than sorry. I just have to remind myself that Canada isn´t a paradise either!