My Run-In with the Police
Internet, I don't even know how to process what happened to me today. I am feeling angry and humiliated and anxious all because I did something today that I DO NOT think was wrong but someone else did. A man called the police on me today for leaving my sleeping twins and fully awake six-year-old daughter in the car alone... for less than five minutes. This is what happened: I needed to pick up a dress that I had ordered. The store opened at 11 and I pulled into the parking lot at 11. All three girls were in the car but Jude and Elie had just fallen asleep. Vivi was awake and coloring and said she didn't want to go in. There were only three or four other cars in the parking lot and because the front of the store where I would be has a big window and I knew I wouldn't be long, I decided to run in alone. I put down the windows in the car (it was 80 degrees and somewhat overcast), locked the doors, and gave Vivi the usual warning that ...