Prayers for Bobby Page #4

Can't get that throughout my head.

There's David.

Talk to you later.

You sure this is ok?

They're gonna love you.

Let's go.

Dad, do you have to tell that story?

Hey, I felt I had to.

Yes. And I've got about a dozen more where that came from if you're interested.

Oh, oh no thanks.

So Bobby...

tell us more about you.

You grew up in Walnut Creek, right?

David says you're very close to your family.

Yeah.

So how are your parents with you being gay?

Not good.

Well...

Maybe it's hard for them at first.

They'll come around.

You seem like a wonderful young man.

I'm sure they love you.

Hey!

- Cheers to that!

- Cheers to that!

It's great to meet you Bobby.

So how did you guys meet?

You know Janette?...

It's a sin.

It's not natural.

He'll never be welcome here.

Why do you keep choosing this?

Sometimes I hurt so bad...

And I'm scared and I'm alone.

I'm sure they love you.

I'm damned.

I'm slowly sinking in a vast lake of quick sand.

A bottomless pool.

I wish I could crawl under a rock and sleep forever.

You've reached David.

I'm not here right now but if you leave a message after the beep, I'll get right back to you.

Have a good one...

Hey David it's Bobby.

I thought you'd be there.

Look I'm...

I really need someone to talk to and I was hoping you'd be there.

Please,

dear lord, continue to convict Bobby's heart off sin.

That he may find his way

The way of purity,

the way of the righteous.

It's a sin.

It's not natural.

I won't have a gay son.

You're gonna be late for school.

You're the one who slept in.

Ok, then we're both gonna be late for school.

Meet you in the car.

- OK!

- Hello?

Janette, what's wrong?

No...

What's wrong?

No...

What's wrong?

Nancy, get out of here!

Dad!

Daddy...

Hello.

Hi. Hi, Janette...

Mary, you've been called up front and he said to bring your purse.

Probably one of the kids that needs money again.

I need a break anyway.

Bye.

What is it?

Bobby killed himself.

He jumped off a bridge.

He... He's gone.

Help me!

Help me!!

My son is dead!

Let me out!

Let me out!

My son is dead!

Let me out!

Joy, slow down. What's wrong?

Thank you.

Death of a loved one is always tragic

But the death of a young person can be particularly painful.

Because that person had his whole life ahead of him.

Bobby was only 20 years old.

We'll never know who he could have been. Or what he could have accomplished.

Bobby was a good young man but he was lost.

By giving into temptation, he strayed.

Then desillusioned,

he chose to end his life.

Now we know to condemn the sin,

not the sinner,

it was this sin that Bobby succombed to.

It led to his unhappiness.

And it led him

to take his own life.

As goodness begets goodness,

so does sin begets sin.

They're ok with this?

They're running low on sandwiches.

Mum, do you think Bobby got salvation?

I don't know.

Suicide is a sin.

But maybe God knows that Bobby wasn't in his right mind?.

I mean...

Why would God allow Booby to go to hell if it was in his power to cure him?

I don't know Mary!

Clear yourself together.

People are unconfortable enough.

Thank for coming.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Mrs Griffith. Mr. Griffith..

I'm David.

I was a friend of Bobby's.

I wanna offer my condolences.

He was an amazing young man.

I'm so sorry.

Aunt Mary...

David is a good person.

All of Bobby's friends were.

When Bobby was here, he was under control.

Then he moves to Portland and someone puts all these ideas into his head.

It wasn't like that.

David cared for Bobby.

We're his family.

We know how to help me,

he wanted to change, to be closer to god.

To be closer to YOU!

Then he went further and further into that life style and he couldn't get out.

Do you believe everything they tell you in church?

I know you and uncle Bob meant with that serment...

Bobby knew the repercussions about homosexual lifestyle.

Bobby was good, descent and kind.

Someone who didn't even know Bobby stood up there and condemned him, and you let him.

Bobby did everything he could to make himself acceptable to you.

He was so good, and bright, and funny. He should be praised.

I'm sorry you can't see it that way.

Maybe you should go.

Fine.

I left Bobby's things in his room.

Bobby!

Hey Mum!

Don't you ever do that again!

I knew it wasn't true.

I knew God would bring you back to me.

Mum, you worry too much.

I'm slowly sinking in a vast lake of quick sands.

A bottomless pool.

I wish I could crawl under a rock and sleep forever.

Noone understands me.

Noone in this house can accept my side of the story.

I can feel god's eyes looking down on me with pity.

I can't never let anyone find out I'm not straight.

It would be so humiliating...

My friends would hate me.

and my family...

Mum.

I've overheard them.

Thank you.

They've said that they hate gays.

And even God hates gays.

It really scares me when they talk that way because now they are talking about me.

I don't wanna choose sin.

I don't.

I'm so mad and frustrated god...

I seem to be at the end of the road.

Why do you remain silent?

May 30th.

Memorial Day Barbecue.

Had fun.

Mum was sweet and funny self.

Like the old Mum...

For a second it felt like the old days.

She smiled at something I said,

and I saw on her eyes that for a second she forgot what she really thinks of me.

The anger never erupts.

My timid nature would never allow a full fledged thunderstorm to occur.

But it's there, on the horizon.

I can feel god's eyes looking down on me with such pity.

He can't help me though.

Because I've chosen sin over righteousness.

Excuse me.

You alright Ed?

Oh yeah, I'm fantastic.

I think we all are. Isn't that obvious?

Ed. We have to deal with this as a family.

That was your answer for Bobby too but it didn't work.

Damned!

I'll go. I'll go.

Excuse me.

Come, Nancy.

You wanna get out of here, maybe go for a beer?

Did he even think about what he would do to us?

He could have called...

or something but...

not just screw us, right?

Ed...

Nothing no! No goodbye, no note, nothing. Just...

I'm sorry Bobby.

I'm sorry.

Are you happy now?

I'm sorry Bobby.

Are you happy now?

Ed...

It's not your fault.

There must be other Bobbys out there.

Other young gay people who may be thinking of taking their lives.

Does the church reach out to them?

They are other churches that do that.

Reverend Joseph asked us to tell you how sorry he is for your loss.

- We can come back in a couple of weeks and check in on your f...

- You don't understand, are you...

I don't know what to do.

I need to make peace with this and I can't.

The lord says the impure will be thrown into the lake of fire.

Bobby...

sinned!

But he was pure of heart.

He'd never knowingly hurt anyone.

Is that enough?

Is it?

Dear god,

my relationship to you leaves something to be desired.

I have never asked of you,

only given, as I was told.

Your holy spirit has taught me so much...

But now there's more I need to know.

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