This post is mostly journaling so beware. Drugs. They have such a horrible impact on all the lives they effect. This week I took a lady to the instacare because she was really sick and couldn't stop throwing up. She had a kidney infection. She was so sick and they couldn't get an IV in her because she had been so sick in previous years. She was a meth addict a few years ago. She literally destroyed her body. As I was sitting in the room with her listening to her cry and throw up I thought to myself if every person who was thinking of using drugs could see her now I think they might rethink their decision. It was just sad!
Then on Friday a neighbor's son hung himself in their garage. It was just sad, sad, sad. I am a YW leader and his sister just graduated the night before was asleep because she had stayed up for a graduation party saw him when her dad found him. I called her leader and told her. She came home early from work and was just in tears. We went over to try and comfort her. she was sobbing to the point of hysteria. We tried to tell her that it was NOT her fault (she thought if she hadn't gone to her party she would have been awake and had been able to talk him out of it) so much for a 17 year old! The family was really heart broken. It just broke my heart to see them suffering. The parents are so great and loving it just killed them. If my children (or anyone I love) ever reads this, PLEASE if you are feeling like there is no hope, there always is. I told her that if he would have been in his right mind he would have known how much this would hurt his family.
I told you. It was a hard week.
3 comments:
Oi. I'll take the ear infections. Sorry it's been a tough week. Horrible.
Oh horrible. Suicide is just terrible!! I am so sorry. Dang kids--they can't see beyond the issues that are swamping their lives as teenagers. They can't see that they can get past it and live a very happy life as an adult. I hate that Satan, I tell you. Suicide and Meth. Ugh. So sorry for you and those families!
It's incredible how devastating death and drugs can be to families... I would say that even though it was hard for you to be there and watch others suffer, you were where Heavenly Father wanted you to be... Bearing the burden of your brothers and sisters. You're amazing Julie.
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