THIEF: Chair, confidence stolen

Sometime near the end of the second week in March, apparently during the night, someone, some thief, stole a child’s white wicker, antique-looking chair from my front deck. The monetary value is negligible, probably $40 or so, but the sentimental value is irreplaceable.

I bought the chair for my first grandchild when she was a toddler. She, her Grandpa, since passed, and I had many sweet, lovely lunches outside with her sitting in her little, big girl chair, and us in ours. She loved that chair, and since she has grown up, it has had a special place of display on the deck, each holiday being home to character dolls to commemorate whatever the season.

Well, someone decided it was more important to them, as a stolen piece of furniture, than to my family and our memories. I live in the Rocking R development in Hayden. If anyone has suddenly become the owner of such a chair, origin unknown, I would sincerely appreciate it being returned to me. Just drop it off in the dead of night, as when you stole it.

I am, for obvious reasons, not allowing my phone number or address to be published. The low life who took it knows where it came from. If someone other than the thief, the coward who took it, has information, they may contact The Press. They have my number and may contact me with any information.

Although my concern for return of the precious chair is paramount, actually more important is that I don’t like the fact that someone is stealing from properties in our community. I have always felt very safe here in Hayden, but this definitely places a pallor over that serenity.

Editor’s note: Because of the threat of more potential harm, The Press has withheld the name of this letter-writer, who lives in Hayden.