Child care help isn’t a crime

Rough and tough times have come upon many of us, not only in our region but all over the United States. It is in these times that we need to love thy neighbor more than ever and help each other out.

This is why it is so troubling to me that I received a visit today from the Department of Social Services. It appears someone filed an anonymous complaint saying my wife was running a non-licensed daycare service.

To set the record straight, my wife takes a local kindergarten child to school occasionally when necessary and picks her up in the afternoon.

The child’s grandmother used to do so, however she became ill and is no longer able to drive. My wife has volunteered to take the child to and from school as a labor of love. She has never received, nor does she expect, anything in return.

It is appalling to me that somebody could be so cold as to make false accusations against someone who is doing a service out of the kindness of their heart.

What has this world come to? Do people really not have anything to do? Could they not just come and ask if we were running a day care?

May God help us to remember to love thy neighbor as thy self.

Aaron S. Walrath

Arbuckle