TWANDAAAAAA!!!!!!

My parents came to visit today all the way from San Antonio by way of Greenville, SC and then Newberry, SC. They came to SC to complete some maintenance on their condo and took some time off to visit with family while they were so close by. Last night they spent the night with Aunt Grace. Grace is well into her seventies, uses a walker, has to ride the wheelchair/cart in the grocery store, and still has the spunk of a twenty year old!


After arriving at her house Aunt Grace began to recount her trip to the grocery store this past week. She said that as she was finishing up her shopping she was approached by a young man in his thirties. He gave her a big hug and began gushing about how much he had missed her and how wonderful she looked. He then proceeded to ask her to give him a ride to his mother's house because his car was broken down. She agreed because she assumed she must know him based upon their conversation up to this point. He helps her in the checkout line, walks her to her car, and even loads her groceries for her! They get in and he begins to direct her all over her little town to his "mother's house". At this point Aunt Grace becomes very suspicious and presses him for a specific destination. He then asks her to pull over and directs her attention to the house across the street. As she looks at the house he takes something out of her purse and gets out of the car. She turns back and hollers at him in her very authoritative tone, "GET BACK HERE! YOU TOOK SOMETHING OUT OF MY PUSRE! GIVE IT TO ME NOW!" As she grabs for his arm he reaches out and hits her in the face. This doesn't even faze Aunt Grace! Again she hollers, “I SAID, GET BACK HERE AND GIVE ME WHAT YOU JUST TOOK OUT OF MY PURSE! NOW!" Well, believe it or not he throws her wallet into the car.  Aunt Grace's response to that was, “NO SIR! YOU PICK THAT WALLET UP AND HAND IT TO ME!" And guess what! He picked up that wallet and handed it to her! Then she says, “Now Come Here and Let Me Search You Because I Know You Took Something of Mine!" And.... he walked over and let her search him! Can't you just picture it now! Here is this young man, of about thirty, standing on the sidewalk being frisked by a seventy something year old woman who is hanging onto a walker! Well as she finishes frisking him she says, “I know you have something that belongs to me so I am calling the police." She pulls out her cell phone (yes, she can operate a cell phone better than I can) and dials 911. She couldn't get through and the fellow took off running. So she gets in her car and gives chase as she calls her daughter at work. She lost him in an apartment complex just as the police arrived.

It turns out that this man had taken her bank card and thrown it under a bush at the site of the initial altercation with the intention of coming back for it later. The police took down a report and said they would contact her with any progress they had made in her case. The next day an investigator knocked on her door and asked her to look at a few dozen photos to try to identify the man who had stolen from her. She examines the first photo, then the second photo, and finally the third photo. She stops there telling the investigator that she is absolutely positive it was the man who stole from her. After reassuring them that it was him, the investigator said that he was hoping she would identify that particular man.  He was wanted in the next county over for deceiving, stealing from, and beating an elderly man nearly to death using the same ruse that he used to steal and attack her.

All I have to say is, “YOU GO AUNT GRACE!"