My Annoying Neighbor Kept Poking Her Nose Into My Business, but I Didn’t Learn the Truth Until I Called the Police — Story of the Day

When Marla, a sweet-looking 60-year-old, moved next door, I thought she’d be harmless. But soon she criticized my parenting, rummaged through my trash, and even painted my stairs bright yellow without asking.

One day I came home to find the door broken open — the police caught Marla inside. I was furious, but then she shouted: “I’m your mother!”

Shocked, I listened as she confessed: she had given me up as a baby and had been trying to “make up” for the lost years by interfering.

I told her: “If you want to be in my life, no more meddling.” She agreed. For the first time, I saw not just a nosy neighbor, but the woman who had once left me — now asking for a second chance.