Assault

I said this on my RP blog, and I know it seems like I’ve abandoned my personal blog but rest assured I am still here!

And need to briefly explain what is going down somewhere that won’t clog dashes. I work for my family business- we do online retail sales. A woman physically assaulted and then harassed my mother today at a store, and she will not press charges against the lady.

I know, this feels like Peak White Chick Behavior on my part. I tried to step between them and get the woman to stop screaming at my mom and I felt certain that I did a good job of deterring her from doing more physically harmful damage.

Corporate can’t do anything, and neither can the police unless my mom presses charges. I am devastated, justifiably so. I feel like I can not protect my family and that hurts; as an adult child I feel it is my duty to protect my loved ones as they age.

I also feel very conflicted and very lost- I define myself as being a caregiver and protector and I feel as though I have failed.

Any rate, thanks for reading! I appreciate that you’ve all come to my TED talk. 💙