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Francene--Blog. Year 2014

Bangor burglar returns the booty.

12/22/2014

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Ulster Television viewers voted for Bangor, a large town in County Down, as their most desirable place to live in Northern Ireland. The beautiful seaside resort on the southern side of Belfast Lough is part of Down, the closest county to the English coast. (yellow)

But this haven of natural charm, harbors bad as well as good people. Two days ago, burglars broke into a grieving couple's home and stole Christmas presents, bags and a laptop. This is bad by anyone's judgment, but the shocking fact is that their eight-year-old daughter had died just eleven days before from a rare degenerative illness called Batten's Disease. The child's room was ransacked, and, worst of all, the laptop contained the last photographs of their ailing child before she died.


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The Irish mother appealed for public help on social networks.

Surprise, Surprise. She got the laptop back. She did not go into details of how the laptop came to be returned and thanked all the people who offered help.

I can only assume the burglar's conscience spoke. This is the type of story I like to use for one of the visions in the Moonstone series. A little voice whispers inside someone and tells them to change their way of thinking.

Take a look at the very first vision in the novel Still Rock Water on my website. 
http://francene--wordstitcher.weebly.com

Most people can be redeemed. I love a story with a happy ending.





6 Comments
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry link
12/21/2014 07:05:09 pm

I heard this on the news today and I am pleased that the laptop was returned to them. Gives me a little faith.

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Alana link
12/21/2014 07:19:27 pm

Our world needs stories with happy endings. There seem to be too few of them.

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Kristen from The Road to Domestication link
12/21/2014 09:08:10 pm

The conscience is really an amazing thing! I one heard it described as a spinning triangle inside your heart. When it spins, it pricks you. The more it spins, the more the corners wear down when it's ignored, and eventually, doesn't hurt at all anymore.

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Sophie Elizabeth-Mary BOWNS link
12/21/2014 10:44:40 pm

Phew! Thank God the laptop was returned.
-I'm really glad that the otherwise very sad story had a happy ending. I always enjoy reading your posts, Francene.

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Joan Harrington link
12/22/2014 12:45:00 am

Hi Francene!

Great post! Interesting and enjoyed reading :)

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Lilinha Espindula link
12/22/2014 06:56:41 am

There is still hope and goodness left in this world. It is a very sad story, but I am glad it had a happy ending x

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