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These Are My Friends
Posted on 4/29/08 at 03:16 pmI Feel: good
I just got back home and I met some pretty cool people where I was. I probably got closer to those people in the 24-48 hours I was there than my friends whom I've known for years. It just sucks that I'll probably never see them again...except for one girl because I just found her on Facebook! Of course it'll be a while before she goes home and can accept my request.
Alex - 13 years old. Maybe eighth grade or freshman. I don't know. One of the coolest kids ever. Him and I sat and talked, non-stop, hours at a time. He's been in the facility for over 4 months. The original reason was for being severely beaten by his parents. He actually stole his father's gun and tried to kill himself. It was only until we had our second hour-long conversation, I found out his parents beat him for being gay. Now he's staying there as a safety protocol. He has nowhere to go and they've been searching for a foster home for him since he showed up. He's leaving this Friday. His foster parents are a lesbian couple so he's excited that he won't have to feel insecure. Then, after a year, he's moving out to California to live with his aunt and uncle. He also has a journal that he keeps with him at all times. Nobody has ever read it and he doesn't talk to his psychologist. He just writes it all down. That made me realize how unhealthy it actually is. I told him that I do the same thing and I got him to promise to write in it less. I really wish I could have kept in contact with him.
Mindy - 16 years old. Sophomore at Andrew Warde. I just found her on Facebook. She's basically there for the same reason I am. She said something stupid that she didn't mean and now we're sitting on the couch talking. She got in a few days earlier than me. The police actually came in to her school and took her out. It really sucks considering she just moved here a few months ago from Florida. Reputation stained. She was probably the only real person there. No real, uncommon issues. Just spoke before she thought which resulted in her best friend calling the police. I'll probably still talk to her once she gets out.
Darien - 14 years old. Half Italian/Half Puerto Rican. (For real.) Freshman in Bridgeport. His reason for being there? Sex-addict. He was so funny and just awesome to talk to. But everything that came out of his mouth had to do with "making babies" and "going down" on people. He was so drugged up, he was half-asleep the whole time. I never really saw him awake. He got separated from the group a few times for being sexually inappropriate. At one point he even started yelling about how he's crazy because he hasn't gotten any in two months. He got sent to the facility for cutting in the school bathroom. When I asked him why, he said it was because he's gay. He had dozens of bracelets on his left arm up to his elbow. He wore long-sleeves all the time. During group, the nurse asked him to take them off because he was getting distracted by them. When he did, I realized why they were on in the first place. He had deep scars all along his arm. He said he had been in the facility for 3 weeks.
Alex - 13 years old. Maybe eighth grade or freshman. I don't know. One of the coolest kids ever. Him and I sat and talked, non-stop, hours at a time. He's been in the facility for over 4 months. The original reason was for being severely beaten by his parents. He actually stole his father's gun and tried to kill himself. It was only until we had our second hour-long conversation, I found out his parents beat him for being gay. Now he's staying there as a safety protocol. He has nowhere to go and they've been searching for a foster home for him since he showed up. He's leaving this Friday. His foster parents are a lesbian couple so he's excited that he won't have to feel insecure. Then, after a year, he's moving out to California to live with his aunt and uncle. He also has a journal that he keeps with him at all times. Nobody has ever read it and he doesn't talk to his psychologist. He just writes it all down. That made me realize how unhealthy it actually is. I told him that I do the same thing and I got him to promise to write in it less. I really wish I could have kept in contact with him.
Gemini: You'll get the chance to spend time with someone you really look up to and learn some really valuable lessons. .
Mindy - 16 years old. Sophomore at Andrew Warde. I just found her on Facebook. She's basically there for the same reason I am. She said something stupid that she didn't mean and now we're sitting on the couch talking. She got in a few days earlier than me. The police actually came in to her school and took her out. It really sucks considering she just moved here a few months ago from Florida. Reputation stained. She was probably the only real person there. No real, uncommon issues. Just spoke before she thought which resulted in her best friend calling the police. I'll probably still talk to her once she gets out.
Darien - 14 years old. Half Italian/Half Puerto Rican. (For real.) Freshman in Bridgeport. His reason for being there? Sex-addict. He was so funny and just awesome to talk to. But everything that came out of his mouth had to do with "making babies" and "going down" on people. He was so drugged up, he was half-asleep the whole time. I never really saw him awake. He got separated from the group a few times for being sexually inappropriate. At one point he even started yelling about how he's crazy because he hasn't gotten any in two months. He got sent to the facility for cutting in the school bathroom. When I asked him why, he said it was because he's gay. He had dozens of bracelets on his left arm up to his elbow. He wore long-sleeves all the time. During group, the nurse asked him to take them off because he was getting distracted by them. When he did, I realized why they were on in the first place. He had deep scars all along his arm. He said he had been in the facility for 3 weeks.