What do you do when you are alone in a new town and lonely?
Holly is off to college for the first time ever, in a new town, alone, classes will not start for a few weeks still, no job but searching for one and lonely. She met people at church Sunday morning but few students attend evening services and she left "crying like a baby".
Okay, it breaks my heart. Luckily a few days ago she talked me into doing a facebook account and I added her name along with others. Today she IM'ed me through our facebook accounts and she is l-o-n-e-l-y. It was by accident I left my computer on with my facebook account open at 5:30 when Belva came over. An hour later when I returned there was Holly's message. Now at nearly 9:00 I still have it open and have kept up a slow dialog with Holly and hooked her up someone else there by texting a mother who texted her son who contacted Holly and now Holly will at least see another familiar face.
Today I am thankful I live in the 21st century.
What do you advise a lonely girl?
I say continue to be in church and get into the the college class. I know it is hard to be in a new place ALONE, and its difficult to talk to new people, but someone has to take the first step, a simple hello may be all that's needed:) Patrick will be back soon and can help her some i'm sure. Also Ryan Kirk (kandi Tobin's son)is there, I think he is there for the summer, I'll myspace him:) Thanks for making us aware of her heart break! I'll see how I can help!
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ReplyDeleteRyan is the one who is with Holly right now. I had Kandi on my gmail Instant Messager, Holly on my Facebook IM, Kandi and Ryan were texting on their phones and then I was texting Ryan. We found out where Ryan was and when he could see Holly. All that you said was what I already told her. The problem is that there are days between church services, and she has attended the services and classes are not in session yet.
ReplyDeleteI told Holly she needs to be assertive and talk to people. She is out with Ryan now eating out and hopefully he will introduce her to other people.
It was a high tech night.