[graciegirl]

Maybe it is our street in Hadley, with people going in and out of their homes all of the time, neighbors chatting in the driveways....and maybe because home invasion is not on my list of fears, like a number of other improbable things are not.

Is it possible? Yes. Probable? No.

You were a drug counselor and I wasn't. I am 70 years old, from the midwest, and not one single person that I have known personally in my entire lifetime has had their home broken into. We have worked hard and have always chosen to live in RELATIVELY safe places.

Could it happen? Yes. Will I lock my doors in the daytime when the three of us are home? No. The cats go in and out to the lanai. I need to run out and see if my flowers need watering, or to say hi to a dog and its owner.

Am I stupid, naive, too innocent? I don't know. I am not afraid of someone entering my home here.

I am really afraid of the country going bankrupt.