Thanksgiving?

[averygoodun42]

I have no idea how Thanksgiving is going to go down. We were originally planning to go to the church and join thirty or forty other people for food and games and such.

Then last night the plan changed to driving depressed Friend back down to his mom's because, in the two weeks he's been back, he has gone from chipper to suicidal. Again.

Today... well, I don't know. Friend doesn't want to go back. ("I'm a failure!" he shouts, meaning: 'How pathetic am I that I can't survive by myself in a rotten situation surrounded by bad habits and away from my support base?' The American ideal of Individualism has a lot to answer for in regards to the mental health of its citizens.) We can't actually force him, however, his mom is coming up tomorrow anyway. She hopes he'll be going back down with her, we hope he'll be going back down with her, and he just wants to die.

I really wish our church had a prayer group. I will have to see about organizing one. But that doesn't help Friend right now.

So. I have no idea how Thanksgiving is going to play out. Right now, I am going to go to bed and hopefully sleep the sleep of the dead so my cold doesn't get worse. While I sleep, I hope part of me will continue to send prayers out to the Universe to help Friend find his own hope. And maybe, if you would be so kind, you could add your thoughts, vibes and prayers that he may recognize his worth?

Thank you in advance.

Comments

[junewilliams7.livejournal.com]

I love that you are a very caring person, but I greatly hope that Friend goes home with his mother. You have your plate overflowing with stress -- Geoff, your marriage, your own health, Babe, your future, and everything else. I hope you and Babe go have a wonderful stress-free time with your friends tomorrow! *hugs*

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

Friend must, in some way, be thankful that you are there. *hugs*

[millennia2.livejournal.com]

Mormons have a prayer group. You need to look in the white pages of a phone book under Google search LDS Temples prayer roll. You should be able to find a list of Temples and a number to call for prayer roll. Just call the number and tell them you'd like to add a name to the prayer roll and tell them the name of the person you want added. It's that simple and they won't ask you for any more information.