I'm Sad

I just learned that yesterday a boy I know just did something unthinkable.

I know this boy since he's 12, he's a troubled boy, his past riddled with pain and darkness. But he's always such a good boy around me and Dee. His dad is also the nicest guy, he adopted this boy although many have told him that this boy was a lost cause.

I never thought of J as a lost cause, we tried our hardest to encourage him but I'm sad because he' proving me wrong. The past 2 years I've not spoken to or seen him because he has been living on the streets, hooked on heroin.

On Monday evening J stabbed his dad and now he's wanted by the authority. The wounds, they reported on the news, are life-threatening. I talked to the secretary of our church and she told me that the authority wouldn't let them know where J's dad is, but only that he's progressing. He's still in critical condition.

I'm hoping that they catch J safely. I hate that J has the "armed and dangerous" mark on him knowing how trigger-happy cops in Portland are. I hope J doesn't do anything stupid. I just want him apprehended safely and maybe even get some help that he really really needs.

I hope that J's dad will be all better so that I can finally go visit. Michael told me to do so anyway after the cops let us know which hospital he's in...