Letters to the Editor
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Don't Let It Go
I don't understand this letting go everybody always talks about. Somebody upset you? Let it go. Somebody offends you (or your neighbor)? Let it go. Feeling angry? Let it go. Everything but warm, mushy feelings... let it go.
LW, don't let it go. Next time you see her, tell the oleander-spreading neighbor that you just have to say that you find what she's done appalling and tell her why. Tell her oleander is poisonous. Tell her that you're going to talk with the other neighbor's son about all this and tell her how you plan to help him and his mother if he so wishes. Stand up. Tell her. You'll feel better and you'll put her in her place. People need to hear "no." People like her especially. Maybe you'll get an earful back. So have a lot of others who've done the right thing.