This is Teacher Bonny. A loving, caring, family-orientated, educated, friendly, trustworthy, fun, kind and helpful human being. Words are limited to describe all that I am.
On the 1st of September 2023, thieves entered my yard and broke into my car to steal the car battery. (I was devasted by the invasion I didn't take a picture)
On October 20, I was alone with my 6-year-old son, 4-year-old daughter, and 1-year-old daughter. My husband was not sleeping at home that night because of work. I had set my alarm to 1:30 am to wake up and teach English online. Two minutes after my alarm rang I heard a loud bang on my kitchen door. I sprung out of bed, hearing that people were trying to force my door open. I took my phone while I banged the door back.
At that moment, all I was thinking about was to protect my children from harm. I sent a voicenote to our community WhatsApp group asking them for urgent assistance. I pushed the door back, while the thieves were trying to force the door open. One of the thieves came to the kitchen window to try and see inside the house. He was wearing a grey hoodie. My heart pounded very fast. It seems like there were two or more thieves. I called my neighbor on the phone.
My neighbor rang her alarm. That's when the thieves decided to run away.
I sat down and cried. My kids had also woken up from all the banging sounds.
The community protection unit and private security arrived at my house about 7 minutes later. The police also arrived shortly after that. I called my husband and he also arrived about an hour later. It was a trauma I am still recovering from.
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On 25 December 2023. We received a Christmas "Present".
My family and I had gone out to celebrate Christmas. We didn't sleep at home. When we returned on the 26th we found our house broken into. They lifted the toilet burglar bar and climbed through. They stole our TV, Microwave, laptop, phones, clothes, shoes, food, drinks, tools, books, blankets, and many other items. We were distraught.
*DEEP SIGH*
They dropped my ringlight and some clothes outside while they were escaping.
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We didn't tell our kids what really happened because we didn't want to traumatize them further. When they asked where the TV and appliances went, we told them that they went to get fixed.
No TV, but plenty of Lego time.
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The final straw!
On 11 February 2024, they struck us again. I feel like I can call them terrorists now because they have terrorized us. Four break-ins in 6 months? You have got to be kidding me. What kind of life is this?
This time they entered through our ceiling. They broke the door, and we fixed it. They broke our window, and we fixed it. Now the ceiling? NO!
There was nothing else of value to steal.
So they stole the copper taps in the bathroom, and copper taps outside they disconnected our geysers and stole all the connecting pipes. They broke our ceiling in the bathroom and living room.
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PICKING UP THE PIECES:
This was a tragedy, however I am still as positive as ever. I'm happy to be alive. Blessed to still have an amazing teaching platform. See you soon.
