Guest guest Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 I had a close friend " V " . We saw one another almost every day, from ages 16-22, we even shared a place to live for a while. " V " was the Godmother of " Baby Girl " (the young lady with RA, who I have requested prayers for) and also a " Friend " of Baby Girls Mum. This was in England. When I returned to the US, country I was born in, my " friend V " wrote to me often and I wrote to her. Everything was fine when I was teaching, when I was waitressing, when I went to University, when I was a socialworker. Even when I became a foster parent to some very troubled childen and considered adopting one of them- although my " friend V " did not hesitate to criticise any choices I made about medication for this child she had never met. At some point " friend V " began to neglect her duties as Baby Girl's Godmother. Later I figured out that this coincided approximately with Baby Girl's Mum going inpatient at a mental hospital for a while. We continued to exchange letters although this slowed down after my first Psychiatric hospitalisation. " Friend V " was very critical of the medications I was on and quite certain that I was in the " wrong kind of therapy. " None the less, I did go visit her on my last trip to England in 2000. She was hospitable and seemed happy to see me, but she kept insisting that I hadn't changed a bit in over ten years. She also repatedly told me that I was not mentaly ill, just " rather fragile. " I was so glad to get out of there and backto my " Baby Girl " and her Mum- no questioning my diagnosis or meds in that family, unconditional love true friendship. Recently I contacted " FriendV " to tell abour her God Daughter's medical condition. I suggested this would be a good chance to offer Baby Girl an opportunity to see her again. " Friend V " was furious that I would " feel strongly " about this or any other matter in her life. I wrote her a reply e-mail titled " My Arse Walking Away. " I will leave it to you to imagine the body of the text! Cassandra Cassandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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