This Scares Me

We received notice about the University of Minnesota's memorial service for dad, but we decided that it was too soon to deal with another memorial. The university invites us for 2 years, so we'll go next year. It's also a rough time for everyone to be heading to MN, so this works out for the best. My stepmom just didn't feel ready to do this. My oldest sister is still having to take care of her husband. They were in a really bad car accident the week before Christmas, and he has had problems with his back ever since. He just had surgery again, and is still recuperating, but he is still house-bound. So she couldn't make it there.

And my middle sister is having all sorts of issues with my niece B. Apparently my niece's boyfriend (M) has a bunch of psychological issues and they're getting out of hand. We didn't know that he was so mentally unstable. Last week he ended up in the emergency room, and then the hospital. Apparently he tried to cut himself, but the cut marks look like they were made by a claw. He said he didn't cut himself - the Devil did it. He is saying that he is part of a cult called The Order, and that the Devil was telling him to kill his mom and B and he was trying to get away from the Devil, but the Devil grabbed his wrist and that's where the mark came from. The police had to be called because the hospital considered this a threat to his mom and to B. They ended up admitting him to a psychiatric hospital, and we're finding out all sorts of things that's he's said and done. So my niece is having a very hard time dealing with this (her previous boyfriend had some psychological issues as well and was just admitted to the hospital the previous weekend), but she's also not fully understanding how serious this is. She thinks that they have some sort of connection and she is an empath for him and they can communicate telepathically. My sister has her talking to a counselor, but all of this has been very emotionally draining on the whole family. We're really worried about B now and what she might be thinking and feeling and we don't want to take any chances with her. My brother-in-law has tried to let her know that she needs to let this guy go. He's not coming back to school, at least not anytime soon, and they don't want her waiting around for him. They won't let her see him right now, and she can't talk to him. She was allowed to write to him, but his mom read the letter and that was a bit disturbing. I'd love to take her away from all of this for a few days, but with her school and her band competitions, I can't do that. I just wish I could do something for her. I did send her a bouquet of smily cookies, but that's not the same as being able to take care of her.

I'd hate to be in her shoes right now.