As soon as they try, the alarm goes off. It's not a silent alarm. It screams. We haven't had a break-in since.

My advice to young teenage mothers: the only man you should depend on is God, and always put your children first

Every time we've been hit, they took our laptops. We're now using big bulky donated computers.

This is not a false alarm.

I set the timer. The silent countdown, with the not-so-silent alarm blast at the end of the twenty-minutes commenced. The ticking and tocking started its merciless countdown.

Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.