My Mother's Day

I spent Mother's Day on the coast and it was a nice get away despite the fact that it poured most of Saturday. We still went out and did some sight seeing and spent time on the beach. We came back to our rented house and then I slept for the rest of the afternoon because I was coming down with a sore throat. My eldest son brought it home from college, my youngest son got it on Wednesday and then I caught it over the weekend.

Got home Sunday afternoon. Monday, I have been looking for a mediator. My police officer friend had not gotten back to me so I went looking on my own. Found a non-profit group that would do it for a small fee. I talked to my officer friend and he said go with it. I called the neighbors but then hit a snag when one of them said they did not want to pay for the service. Now I don't know what to do. I am thinking of paying for them if that is the only thing that is holding them back. My feeling is that maybe they really don't want to resolve this, they want it to escalate until it gets so out of control that there is no turning back.

My husband wants me to wash my hands of it and stay out of it. He doesn't care if the neighbor kids are shooting on our property, or if their dogs are coming thru our electric fence and going after our pets. I am afraid that I can't turn the other cheek. I haven't taken any action yet because I am waiting for the dispute to die down between the feuding neighbors but their dispute is spilling over onto us and the rest of the neighborhood.

So for now, I am encouraging both neighbors to please use the mediation service. It's not expensive and I am hoping it will resolve their problems which in turn will resolve my problems with them.