My Personal Safety - Public Service Announcement of the Day:
I didn't like how a man who I had met was speaking to me via text.
I asked him to stop, then I asked him to not contact me again.
I learned how to use the block feature of my phone and didn't think about it for a few days.
When I opened my blocked messages folder, there was a barrage of texts, over the course of a few days, spewing derogatory curse words at me, and the last text which threatened bodily harm to me and one of my children.
In Florida, the electronic communication of threats of bodily harm is a 2nd degree felony.
This morning, I went to the local sheriff's office and filed a report, and then followed that up by going to the local courthouse and filed an injunction for a protective order for me and my children. If granted, uniformed officers will be serving him within the next 24-48 hours and detectives will be investigating.
Be careful out there, friends.
I know we like to think the initial best of others, but it can be a minefield out there.
Reality.
Too many internal emotions raging to type them out here, but I'm guessing you can imagine.
