A new type of stranger danger...for me

I hadn't really thought about this at the Fargo house because our back yard wasn't really accessible by any other means than the driveway, and you couldn't exactly sneak back there.  The back yard we have now can be seen by 3 different sides; the north side that faces Cass County 18, the back, and the front yard.  Before we got the fence, anyone could just walk into our back yard at any time.  Since we got the fence, I haven't worried one bit about the girls playing back there without me or Grant present since that's what the fence was for.  But since the city has been doing the roads and there have been tons and tons of construction workers out there, I've been a little more observant of them.  It dawned on me this morning that anyone could walk up to the gate in the front and get the girls' attention without me knowing.  It could be just that I've been living in Fargo for too long, or all the news stories I read/heard about where things like that were happening in Fargo...I'm not sure.  But I told the girls that if anyone tries to talk to them over the fence to come get Mom or Dad right away.  Nobody has ever tried to talk to any of us when we're outside, and all the workers just have done their jobs...but now that the thought is in my head... it made me really stop and think.  Isabelle's at the age where she can understand stuff like that.  So I guess I get to (at some point) have that talk with her about strangers and how you don't really talk to them and certainly never leave with them.  It makes my stomach clench at the thought of someone trying anything with my kids, and if that ever happens you can bet your sweet ass I would unleash a crazy like no one has ever seen from me before.. but we moved here for that slower pace of life, and that (I hope) friendlier neighborhood. 

I honestly don't think I need to worry about it as much as I started to, but I would be remiss as a parent if I didn't keep things like that on the back burner.  My kids are good kids and they already come run to me if anything happens.  Let's hope it always stays that way!!