THE COCKROACH
 The cockroach plays a part in nature and has the same right to live as do all creatures.  But not in my house!

In 1980 my wife, three children, dog windy and myself had a nice little home on Circle Dr. in Winnsboro, Texas.  We were very happy and secure with our lives, until the morning I heard Carolyn yell from the kitchen.  She had gone in for her first cup of coffee and saw a cockroach run under the refrigerator.  It disappeared from sight and then from our thoughts.

The next day we saw another one in the cabinet where we keep our cereal.  I say another one, but it could have been the same one.  They all look alike to me.  Anyway, very slowly their numbers increased and encounters became more frequent.  I turned to passive home remedies in the hope they would leave.  None of them worked.

We became afraid to walk in a dark room or open a cabinet door and began finding them in our food.  The cockroaches were taking over our home and lives. 

I turned to the last resort.  The pest control man came in and sprayed our house.  The cockroaches were gone and our home was restored to us, but there was no elation, only relief tempered with sadness.

Kim Warren