The LostBoy Chronicles

While I have MANY stories this week from the land of Idiotsville, I wanted to share my latest thoughts on LostBoy and see if any of my loyal readers had some words of wisdom to impart to their short friend in Missouri. I am needing any nuggets of wisdom that you can send my way.

LostBoy is getting worse, not better. And the thing is, he just doesn't care. Period. He reportedly stole from the local Wal-Mart on Monday. Then stole from his parents AGAIN Monday Night, then stole at school yesterday. Today he flicked a pencil and hit another child. None of it for a reason.

I asked LostBoy why he did these things, and he shook his head and said, "Um, I don't know." Truth be told, he doesn't care. His parents have threatened Juvie Hall for him, he doesn't care.

I asked him how old he was, and he said, "Nine."

This kid is nine years old, and just doesn't care.

And doesn't have any fear.

Today Mr. H. and I just looked at him and Mr. H. turned to me and said, "What you think?" And I said, "I really don't know what to think."

And I don't.

I had recess duty today, and I just stood and talked to LostBoy. I'm not really sure if he got recess, but I figured I would rather have him by my side talking to me that stirring up trouble on the playground. Which seemed fine by him. He just stood and talked to me.

He wants to be an inventor of a watch when he grows up. He told me what kind, but to be honest, I have no idea what he was talking about because it was from a show on Cartoon Network, and I don't have cable.

But as I talked to him, I realized how little he really cares about stuff. The kid has built up so many walls that he knows how to not care.

That scares me.

The kicker of it is, I don't want him to be another Rowan. Rowan was a kid that a community tried to save, and she wound up dead. Granted, Rowan wasn't from my area specifically, but she was from a rather messed up home, as we found out later when she was killed by her family members.

Do I think LostBoy will be killed by his family?

No.

But I worry he'll be in jail in about 5 years and just not care.

And I don't want to think, "We should've done more."

Jesus came back for the "one", and LostBoy deserves that much.

The kicker of it is, how do you help someone that is so far out there that it's hard to reach?

Seriously, I'm open to suggestions.

While LostBoy isn't on my caseload, he's in the back of my mind ALL THE TIME.

So, if you have any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for reading.

I have homegroup to get to tonight and I plan to win quite a few games...

Later!