Linda’s Story:

March 9, 2009

I was lonely. Jennifer used to work with me and she mentioned YGHF. We came together one day: I tried it out and I liked it, so I kept coming.

I always try to be a friendly person, to understand other people and hoped that I would be able to meet others who would like me and accept me. I’m learning to get to know a lot of different people  here at ‘friends’ and some of my first impressions of people I are changing as I get to know them. 

Since spending time here at YGHF, I’ve met many new people and made some new friends. I just feel like I belong here and I haven’t had that experience very often. It’s a place where I can let my hair down, so-to-speak, and be accepted just for who I am. I feel like I have friends here. I have a strong belief in life that things, difficult times in my life will always work out for the best. It’s sometimes very hard to be patient but I know in my heart it will take time. My friends help me go through hard times. YGHF is a place where I don’t feel judged for my limitations and it’s a place where I don’t feel lonely. I feel lonely when I am at home even though I have wonderful care and support but I don’t feel my loneliness when I’m with YGHF people. My experience at YGHF is kind of like the TV show, ‘Cheers’: at YGHF there is a welcome, warmth, a place where everyone greets me and knows my name.