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My Neighbor Saved My Life

Mar 19 by

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Yesterday my day started off pretty normal. I did everything I normally do. Got up got my kids off the school and The Husband off to work. I had no idea that my day would take the turn that it took.

Window

Normally when I am home I do all of my house work and then I stay upstairs in my room. We don’t have a TV in our living room and that’s how I like to pass some of my time. So since there is no reason for me to be downstairs I stay upstairs. So I was in my room yesterday when everything took place and did not really hear anything until my neighbor came knocking on my front door. Thank god for my neighbor. Being here by myself I am very cautious so when he first knocked I ignored it cause I knew I had not planned for any visitors but when he kept knocking I went downstairs and peered through my window. He began asking me questions about one of my windows. He asked if I had left my window open and did I know that the screen was off. At first I thought he was asking about the crack in it and I told him I knew about that but then when he asked about the window being opened and the screen being off I immediately became alarmed. So I opened my door and went to see what he was talking about. Turns out he caught a man outside my window. He had cracked the window the rest of the way, opened it, and was preparing to come inside my house and rob it. I have no clue how I didn’t hear anything. Probably because of the stuff we had in front of the window. Because of the crack we had put some things in front of the window until we could find someone to fix it. Looking back, I realize that as soon we noticed a crack, we should’ve immediately contacted a professional from somewhere like this Wilmington Window company, and had that window replaced! It would’ve been best to have them put in a new, sturdy window, but well, we thought a quick fix would work for then. And then this happened… He had even gone so far as to move some of the things. To be honest I heard a few noises but I just assumed it was Jojo our cat. In fact I did go out into the hallway to see what Jojo was doing. My neighbor believes that he tried to break into his home as well which would have been stupid since he has a dog. He was alerted because his brother pulled up and noticed the man squatted down in front of my neighbor’s window holding a screwdriver. The neighbor and his brother had the guy and he kept claiming he wasn’t doing anything. But when I got on the phone and called the police the guy ran off. When the police arrived and investigated they agreed with my neighbor that if he hadn’t been there that the guy would have robbed the house. We were able to give a pretty good description of the guy and now we are all praying that the police will catch this guy. I called The Husband and he came right home.

I am still kind of scared but this morning we got an estimate on the window. At first, we thought of covering it with window decals. But my husband suggested patching it. I also put the stuff we had in front of it back. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get anyone out there yesterday. This made for a kind of tough night of sleep.

The Husband stayed with me this morning until the guy from the glass company showed up and patched up the window. I found a great Door County window installation service but luckily my husband knew someone local that could do the job for us. Hopefully, it won’t take too long to fix. He has to order our glass. I am just glad the guy didn’t get in and that my neighbor was there. My neighbor on the other side of me and the neighbor who stopped guy said that they would look out for me. It is great to have good neighbors

About Kgilbert

Katherine is a spunky and funny woman who is married and a mom to two teenage children. She loves to read, spend time with her family, try new products, do fun things, and experience new things. Then sharing those great things here with you along with great tips and other things on her mind.

Comments

  4. Ashley B. says

    I honestly though that you got a picture of the robber trying to break in! Of course, then I read your post. I’m glad your neighbor was there for you. The robber is pretty brazen to be breaking into peoples homes with people there!
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    • Kgilbert says

      Ha ha ha!! Yes I agree I couldn’t believe he chose to try in broad daylight but he also looked like he was high.

  8. Nicole A. says

    It’s awesome that you have great neighbors. I would hope that mine would do the same for me heaven forbid something like that happen.

  10. Chavonne says

    Wow that is super scary to experience. I’m so happy you have an awesome neighbor! I hope you’ll be able to relax and feel safe in your home again real soon but I know it’s very hard when someone tries to break in, I’d be a nervous wreck, in fact I’d probably go high tech and home aloneish. But thank goodness it turned out okay.
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  13. Amber Edwards says

    WOW! That is quite a scary event! Very scary to imagine being there as he was set to rob the place! Eek. So good to know you have great neighbors that look out for each other. I have neighbors like that as well. We all help keep an eye on each other’s homes. Day and night.
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  17. Jennifer williams says

    Thank goodness your neighbor was home to see what was going on. I am glad you are okay, who knows what would have happened if the attempt to get in would not have been interrupted. Sometimes you can remove the window that is cracked – they sometimes pop out with the frame attached and find a local shop to quickly repair it. That is what we did when a rock went through our window. That way we had it back the same day.
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  19. Pam says

    You are very lucky. That would have been classified as a “home invasion” if he would have been successful since you were in the home.

    This happened to us 10 years ago and my son was in the house sleeping. They kicked in a French Door and ransacked our house and pepper sprayed and beat our dogs. My son slept through most of it and finally woke up and went out in the house and they ran out the front door. He was very lucky too.

    The first thing we did was get a good alarm system.
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    • Kgilbert says

      I’ve always been scared that, that would happen. I think that is what scared me. That my fears actually came true.

  26. Ronnie says

    Oh my god, that is so scary!!! I’m so glad that you are okay and an even scarier situation was prevented. Maybe you need a dog, too!

    • Kgilbert says

      Yes I am totally thinking about getting a dog because Jojo was no help at all. It was very scary.

    • Kgilbert says

      I am in the middle of that. I want to see him again so I can get him arrested. I actually catch myself looking to see if I can recognize him. Other than that I want no dealings with him.

    • Kgilbert says

      Yes I was so scared. Once the reality of it set in I wound up breaking down crying at the though of what could have happened.

  34. Sonia Hazard (NiaMassage) says

    There is no way to like this post, except that your neighbor let you know what was going on. I hope that you do take self defense classes, so that you are able to go back to enjoying your home again.

    That must have been a very scary experience.

  35. Amanda Love says

    Wow! That’s scary. We had a break in once when we lived in NYC. He stole all of my jewelry, since then I haven’t replaced any of it. Now I’m always on the alert and we have a home security system. You have a great neighbor but you may to think about installing a home security system as well. It will surely give you some peace of mind.
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