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My Elderly Neighbor Reprimanded Me, And I Was Furious (At First)

I was rushing around in the kitchen trying to throw dinner together with my two-year-old on my hip. It was a Monday, and she's usually fussy in the evening after her first day back at daycare following the weekend. I was still in my work clothes, my lanyard swinging wildly about as I tried to comfort her and pull together a decent dinner. I ushered our three dogs out to our fenced-in yard to calm the chaos inside, but they were still barking at the neighbors' dogs and anyone else who was walking their dogs around the block after work.