I took down a lot of this blog because it had disintegrated into a lot of anger and absurdity.
Look people lets get back to the CORE of this blog ... Leah ran off in 2007 and now again in 2009. This is a pattern with her.. part of the mania she truly loves. In fact she laughingly called her running away in 2007 her "adventure". She also thanked us for "stopping her from ruining her life" once we got her OUT of Brooklyn. She was in a stupor over it for quite some time afterwards and was so happy. There was no turning back she was thrilled to be out of Brooklyn and back into normal clothes, normal food and a normal lifestyle!!!
That is what manic depressive people do. Their mania is insane fast paced lunacy... fast, exciting, even creative periods can come out of manic states... that is why folks don't stay on their meds... the mania is like a high. But look out because with the mania comes the depression. My take is when she sees her surroundings for what it really is and the honeymoon is over ... she will run or worse.
Of course no one wants to think about the real Leah. Everyone sees a beautiful and believable girl who is getting married..... and they think what is wrong with her parents.. why can't they just be happy for her???
Truth is that Leah has been through many young men in the past 6 years, several of them "the love of her life". You think that part of it just growing up stuff but other parts are way overboard.... one of the overboards ended in a boy trying to take his life, (this boy is comatose in an Orlando Hospital), the other overboard was in 2007 with Velvel .. her "true love" who she left in 2007 for... Another "overboard" ended in her being hospitalized for alcohol poisoning and the dreaded 3 am phone call we received from her girlfriend who "really thought Leah was going to die". Everything with Leah is to excess... money, men, life..... again this is common with mania.
Leah is a "cutter" and has cut herself off and on for years. Leah has a very dark side and a horrific temper. One of these temper tandrums resulted in her slamming me to the floor and kicking me at least 20 times with hard leather shoes on.
And even sadder... Leah lies... and lies.... and lies and lies and lies..... about practically everything. At one point I could tell the lies from the truth..... today I have to be very careful and do my "homework" in order to know what is truth from Leah.
Leah desperately needs to be seeing a therapist FULL TIME.... supposedly she is on her meds???? But who knows? Weekly sessions are critical for Leah!!!
Why would anyone support a Shidduch when a young woman has so many serious problems?
We want her to GET WELL... WE WANT TO "GIVE HER AWAY" to someone that she LOVES. We want her to be in a conventional healthy relationship.... this is what Leah always wanted for herself.
Look for over 50 hours a week in February the month before she "dropped out of her life" there were incoming cell phone messages and text messages to Leah all from the Brooklyn area. Some one...or more accurately many "phone numbers" wanted Leah badly to go back to Brooklyn and obviously they finally WORE HER DOWN.... in a depressed moment she had ALL SHE COULD TAKE OF SCHOOL AND WORK AND DAY TO DAY PRESSURES AND SHE BOLTED!!!
Now she thinks she has no choices but to go through with this sham of a marriage... but she is YOUNG, smart and beautiful.. she has plenty of time ... there is NO need to rush into a marriage now.. none at all. Not to mention the critical importance of Leah getting her education. (YOU have choices Leah, don't marry someone you just met and don't love.)
She WILL run away again... guaranteed. It is just a matter of WHEN not IF.
Yes she is 20.. but she has a history of so many problems, she is 20 going on 10. SOMEONE!!!!Please help us get her out of there. That is what the blog is about NOT a mud slinging contest.
There has to be someone out there who can reach her.. who can ask her the REALLY TOUGH questions to get her out of there. See it for what it REALLY is people.. not some novel... this is our daughter.....this is our family.
Yes we have played rough.. and will continue to do so to try to save her from this life threatening choice that she is making. Sometimes it takes unconventional efforts to tackle an unconventional problem!!!!
Take off your ROSE colored glasses and see it for what it really is.
Help us please ... someone.....Before it is too late.
This is not a girl from the "Chood".. this is a conservative Jewish girl from a mildly religious family .. it is unconventional from all aspects... please wake up!!!