What goes around, comes around.
I had the most unexpected surprise today. I got a message from Family Advocacy this morning, regarding the allegation of neglect that was made the other day. They had more questions for me, they said, and would I please call them. My heart about dropped into my shoes. "Here we go again", I thought. I tried to return the call all morning, then gave up - I was going to go over to that office later for an Overseas Clearance appointment anyway, so I'd catch up with them then.
So, I go over there with the kids and we get the clearance stuff taken care of, after close to 40 mins of sitting around and talking. "Now, Dharma" said the Capt. in charge of the meeting "I have another question for you regarding the allegation that was made recently. I hope you're not going to be too upset by this, but...the person also said that your son was running around outside with a knife at the end of January, threatening to kill himself and hurt anyone else who tried to stop him. I'd have to say I now think that there's a lot of meaness and vindictivness behind this report, and I'm inclined to not believe a word of it. Would you agree?"
Well, I about fell off my chair laughing. You see, Dave was home in January, so it wouldn't just be my word against theirs on this; I'd have someone to back me up.
"Well, Sir....I think that you're right about the reasons behind the allegations. If my son was in fact behaving that way, why didn't anyone call Security Forces at the time? Why wait until now, 3 months later, to bring it all to light? Oh, and my husband was home most of January and part of February too; I'm sure he'll be happy to verify that he never saw Davey acting that way if you need him too" I said, trying to contain my laughter.
It was too good to be true, it really was. I was witnessing karma in action. B had succeeded in making a total fool out of herself, and I hadn't had to do anything to help her! I hadn't needed to be vindictive, I hadn't needed to be underhanded, I hadn't had to force anything to happen....it all came to pass without any intervention from me. This was literally an ephiphany for me. It all became clear; everything I had learned and had been trying to put into practice...it was all right and true.
Long live karma!!!!!