Sandy,
         First of all, you do indeed deserve to be able to leave your
purse where ever you like, in your home, without fear of having it
violated.  I know that your situation is much more difficult than
ours because of the grand children, so I can't even begin to advise.
I know that your not asking for that anyway, but I sure can
sympathize!   I will say, however, in our situation at present,   the
peace that is in our home right now is just such a tremendous
blessing.  Guess what nine year old Caleb may be getting for the
first time in his life for a christmas present; a piggy bank.  Isn't
that sad?  We always had to be so careful to keep all of the money
out of our house.  It is such a blessing to go to church and not have
to lock our bedroom door.  It is such a blessing to be able to leave
things where they are instead of constantly invantorying and tracking.
         In our case, we made it quite clear what rules we expected
Chris to respect before he would ever be allowed to come home.  Right
now, he doesn't even want to come home so that struggle is not an
issue in our lives, but I'm pretty sure that it is around the corner,
somewhere in our future.  You and Phil have it a lot harder though
because you have to consider the grand children and the effect of
your decisions on them.  I am so heart broken for you guys.  I truly
am.  I pray that help will come quickly.
Kathy

At 12:46 PM 12/6/2005, you wrote:
>I am debating about this, but I would like you all to pray for me as this is
>not the first time she has taken money and she has taken from credit cards,
>etc., etc.  I am kind of bordering on, personally, that she should not live
>here any more because things are really no different now.  Sometimes you
>just get sick of it.  I think, Kathy, you could probably understand my
>feelings.  I think, that at the age of 56, I should be able to put my purse
>down and not have money stolen out of it.  She has also taken money from our
>debit card and other credit cards and I just don't understand nor have much
>of a heart for her any more.  Our friend, Keith, who will be at this
>meeting, is also wondering if she shouldn't be made to be out on her own.
>Please pray.
>
>Sandy