Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Prayers and good thoughts for Lelapin and her friend?

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » The DU Lounge Donate to DU
 
lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:06 PM
Original message
Prayers and good thoughts for Lelapin and her friend?
Edited on Fri Feb-08-08 01:09 PM by lizziegrace
One of Lelapin's best friends (they've known each other since 3rd grade) tried to take her own life yesterday. They are extremely close and live in the same dorm. Her friend is like a daughter to me.

She didn't succeed and is in the hospital for a few days.

Lelapin is devastated and shaken to the core.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
Callalily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:08 PM
Response to Original message
1. Sending tons of
good vibes for Lelapin and her friend.

Will keep her friend in my prayers. She's got a shaky road ahead of her.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:10 PM
Response to Reply #1
3. She does.
The school didn't call her parents. (She's over 18) I had to call her friend's mother and tell her... :(
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:10 PM
Response to Original message
2. OMG...so thankful she didn't succeed!
All the best to Lelapin, you, and her friend!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:10 PM
Response to Original message
4. lizziegrace, I'm so very sorry.
Prayers and good thoughts headed your way and Lelapin's. :hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:12 PM
Response to Original message
5. Good vibes for both of them coming.
Might the suffering be soon over. :hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
hisownpetard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:14 PM
Response to Original message
6. So frightening. Lelapin must be very shaken up. I hope her friend is able to get whateverhelp
she needs and can take in all the love I'm sure she'll get from those who care about her.


:hug: :grouphug: :hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
LadyoftheRabbits Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 04:22 PM
Response to Reply #6
25. I am...
I'm still in a lot of shock. But I am eternally grateful that she's still here, and still able to smile and laugh and be part of our lives in the future. There's so much for her to live for... and we'll be there for her.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:14 PM
Response to Original message
7. I will keep them, and you, in my thoughts...
:hug: :hug: :hug: for all of you...
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:14 PM
Response to Original message
8. It was jarring just reading about this last night.
:( :hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:17 PM
Response to Reply #8
11. I know it was
since you know her pretty well. :hug:

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:15 PM
Response to Original message
9. That is so sad. I hope that your daughter's friend gets the help she needs.
One of my friends shot himself in the head yesterday morning. We had no clue that he was in such a state of mind. He left a suicide note but the police have it and no one knows what he wrote. He was a very talented musician and a really nice person. You never know what is going on in someone's head. His wife is in the care of friends and a doctor and a therapist until her family can get here from out of town.
RIP Danny. :(

Best wishes for your friend's recovery. She'll need your support and love.

:hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:20 PM
Response to Reply #9
15. I'm so sorry...
for you and your friend's family. That's so sad. :hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:27 PM
Response to Reply #15
16. Thank you.
He's the only person that I've ever known who has done this.

He had practiced for an upcoming musical performance the night before with some other friends.
No one had a clue. At least he didn't do it at home, which would have been even worse for his wife.
:( :hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
LadyoftheRabbits Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 04:16 PM
Response to Reply #9
22. ...
I wish the outcome here could have been your friend's. I'm so sorry... :hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
AirmensMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:15 PM
Response to Original message
10. OK.
Prayers, good thoughts, vibes ... all for Lelapin and her friend. I'm so sorry this happened, but very happy she didn't succeed. :hug: :grouphug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:17 PM
Response to Reply #10
12. So am I
I'd rather visit her bedside than graveside. :(
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:18 PM
Response to Original message
13. all my love and strength to lelapin and her friend.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:19 PM
Response to Original message
14. Oh no...

BIG HUGS and positive thoughts for lelapin and her friend... how terribly traumatic and sad... :cry:

I'm SO glad she wasn't successful, and i hope she can get the help she needs. :hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Dangerously Amused Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:28 PM
Response to Original message
17. .







Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
1gobluedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:28 PM
Response to Original message
18. Oh, gosh
That's awful. Many :hug: s to Lelapin and her friend. What a thing to have to deal with.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:33 PM
Response to Original message
19. I'm sending good thoughts and vibes
Please give Lelapin a hug for me when you see her next. :hug:

I hope some good comes from this somehow. I hope her friend's family gives the support their daughter needs.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 01:35 PM
Response to Original message
20. prayers for all of you
:hug:


how awful!

Hold on to each other... if ever you all needed each other, it's now.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
LadyoftheRabbits Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 04:15 PM
Response to Original message
21. Thank you, mom...
:hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 04:22 PM
Response to Reply #21
24. I'm so sorry, lelapin
I've had several friends take their lives - its very hard to deal with and you always wonder if there was something you could have done. The truth is, its very difficult to imagine a person going that far, being in that much pain, and so often no its hidden until its too late.

I'm thankful your friend did not succeed. Be there for her and let her know she is valued. My best to you both. :hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
LadyoftheRabbits Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 04:25 PM
Response to Reply #24
26. ...
:hugs: I'm sorry you've lost your friends to this... and yes, I have thought about the "what-ifs" to the point where I just had to stop because I can't keep thinking about what *could* have been done. I'm just so relieved that she's still here, and I can help her and be with her as she recovers. :hugs:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 04:35 PM
Response to Reply #21
27. Love you sweetie...
:hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 06:53 PM
Response to Reply #21
39. Give your friend a hug for me
Edited on Fri Feb-08-08 07:05 PM by sasquatch
:hug:
But don't tell anybody because I try to make myself out as this cold hearted hardass.
:yoiks:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 04:21 PM
Response to Original message
23. Absolutely
that is an awful thing to happen. Glad she didn't succeed.

Good vibes, prayers, and good thoughts to Lelapin and her friend.

:hug: :hug: :hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 04:38 PM
Response to Original message
28. Of course, good thoughts and prayers to all of you...
Thank goodness Lelapin's friend did not succeed...

Now she can get the help she so desperately needs...

Big hugs to all of you...:hug: :hug: :hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 04:53 PM
Response to Original message
29. Good vibes and thoughts.
Sending out my best. :hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 04:54 PM
Response to Original message
30. Sending you vibes.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
LadyoftheRabbits Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 04:56 PM
Response to Original message
31. Thank you, everyone
this really means a lot to me right now, and it would mean a lot to my friend if she could see it. :hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 04:56 PM
Original message
wishing you all much comfort and strength
:hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 04:56 PM
Response to Original message
32. wishing you all much comfort and strength
:hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 05:02 PM
Response to Original message
33. Thank goodness she did not succeed.
Prayers and good thoughts going
their way. Tell Lelapin not to
blame herself in any way, (my
closest friend took her life years
ago, and for a long time I was convinced
I had missed a warning sign, that I
did not look close enough, that if
I had been paying attention, she would
not have done it, etc.).

:grouphug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 05:04 PM
Response to Original message
34. Best wishes for her...that is awful
give Lelapin a big hug for me ( since I've already fantasized about doing that, anyway...........................um, what I meant was I hope she feels better soon ).:D
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 05:05 PM
Response to Original message
35. That's terrible
Big hugs to both young ladies. :( :hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 05:07 PM
Response to Original message
36. I hope that she gets well physically
and will start to get the help she needs to get well mentally.
:grouphug: for you, lelapin and her friend.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 06:29 PM
Response to Original message
37. Hugs to all of you...
:hug:

RL
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 06:49 PM
Response to Original message
38. Oh geez...
Edited on Fri Feb-08-08 06:50 PM by Fox Mulder
Sending good thoughts your way.

:hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 07:46 PM
Response to Original message
40. .


:grouphug:

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
RFKHumphreyObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 08:01 PM
Response to Original message
41. I'm so very sorry Lelapin and Lizziegrace
My deepest and sincerest thoughts, prayers, positive vibes, healing energy and anything else good that I can extend goes out to your friend. Thank goodness the attempt failed and I can only pray that she now will get the help and support she needs to deal with whatever is troubling her. I know that she'll need her friends to help her through this and she is very lucky to have friends like the both of you. I sincerely wish her all the peace, comfort and strength in the world to get her and her family through this

My thoughts and prayers also go out to the both of you. I can only imagine what you are going through and my heart aches for both of you. May you both find peace, comfort and healing. Remember, we are all here to love and support you at this difficult time and you can turn to us whenever you want:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :loveya:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 08:03 PM
Response to Original message
42. good thoughts to them
and to you and the girl's family. i hope she can get the help she needs

:hug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 08:06 PM
Response to Original message
43. wow, that's heavy. Good vibes and light comin' their way.
:hug: life is precious and fragile.... :hug:


:loveya:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 08:37 PM
Response to Original message
44. Thanks everyone
we just go back from the psych ward. I hope I never, ever have to see the inside of that building again - ever. Heather's friend is okay for now. Her parents are absolutely exhausted and it was cold as ice with them. I still don't regret calling them, but it was so very hard.

:(
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Fri May 10th 2024, 08:12 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » The DU Lounge Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC