Between a Rock and a Hard Place
by K. Karnopp a.k.a. Kae Smiley

I feel I am stuck between a rock and a hard place sometimes when it comes to life in general, especially when it involves a friend I care deeply about. I know a couple, a very fine couple, who have a daughter in her 20’s, and I have been a friend to their daughter for over a year now. This fine couple, two very special people I have grown to appreciate and respect, have a wonderful daughter who has her moments in life that her father says is never a dull moment. I have to agree with him wholeheartedly because of the fact that I have an understanding of his daughter and her moments in life. When it comes to this friend possibly steering in the wrong direction in life, that is where I feel I am stuck in a rock and a hard place but if she ever did anything wrong, I have to follow my instincts and do what it is right no matter how heart wrenching it may seem. I do strongly believe that if a person does anything wrong in the sense of the law, consequences should be paid.

To give a little more about being stuck between a rock and a hard place, I do have to admit that I love my friend very much like a sibling, a sister, and I have grown up in a household with a father who was a police officer for over half of my life before he retired happily from the stress of the job.