An Accidental Home Burglary

Every now and then I come across a true story that has a great lesson for all of us to learn. Such a story is the following. 

Waylon Prendergast, 37, of Tampa, Florida, committed a spur-of-the-moment robbery while on his way home from a late-night drinking session. A very drunk Mr. Prendergast forced his way into the house through an open upstairs window, filling a suitcase with cash and valuables before setting the living room on fire to cover his tracks. He then escaped through the back door and made his way home, chuckling all the way. 

Only as he turned the corner into his own street and discovered three fire engines outside his house, did he realize that in his drunkenness he had, in fact, burgled and ignited his own property. His comment was: “I had no idea I had so many valuable possessions.”

I hope none of us can ever say, “I had no idea I had so many…blessings.”

Lonnie Davis