Poor Maria
There are times in life where you just don’t know what to tell someone. Tonight was another one of those times as I listened in disbelief to yet another chapter in the drama that is Maria’s year of 2007. As you may recall, she already had a tough experience with a carjacking back in February.
Saturday afternoon she returned to her apartment around 5:30 p.m. only to find she had been robbed. They nabbed her laptop, cash, necklaces, rings, television remote (but not the television), a beautiful leather jacket, and a few other small items. I can imagine the sick feeling as she walked in, noticed the absent computer, and searched frantically throughout the apartment, only to find other items missing. While she carries renter’s insurance, she must live without items that cannot be replaced. Among them are documents, job search materials, and digital photos she had not yet backed up. (Please use automatic online backup if you don’t already). More difficult still is living without the heirloom jewelry given to her by her grandmother.
During our class this evening at Burger King, Maria ate for the first time since Saturday. This latest incident only adds to the pain and exasperation she has been trying to overcome. Making the situation more perplexing is the probability that she was robbed by someone with a key to the apartment. After the events of last February, she gave keys to the building manager and a couple friends in case of any incidents. Also, the cleaning woman, whom she trusts implicitly, has a set of keys. There’s no telling what happened or who it may have been. Ironically, Maria told me last week how she was avoiding taking the laptop out of the house and only repaying me in small cash segments for her Ipod and brother’s computer in order to minimize the safety risk. I told her I was without words but that she was in my prayers. Please keep her in your prayers and ask God to use these extremely trying situations for her betterment.
