Man, I feel good!
My son just turned 11. We had just gone to the grocery store and I allowed him to pick out a couple of his favorite snacks (Cheetos and beef sticks!).
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He listened when no-one else did
A homeless person once helped me, in a major way. I needed to talk to someone about what it was like to lose a pregnancy, and it seemed at that time in my life no one in the universe wanted to hear about it. Except him, and he gave me his time and listened to my…
Not alone
Yesterday, a homeless man helped ME! Life has been quite challenging lately, yet I’m so fully aware of all the pain others have. As I was at the stop light, I read his sign and desperately looked for something I could give him. As I was already crying, I knew there was nothing I could…
A lesson in paying it forward…
I learned to pay it forward early. I was six years old and a nickel short of the candy I wanted. As I was trying to decide whether to give up the bubble gum or the Tootsie Roll, a man plunked a nickel on the counter for me and smiled. I don’t remember what he…
One of the best date nights ever!
I spent a Saturday with my 16 year old and her best friend making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, collected bags of chips, and filled the cooler with bottled water. My husband and I dropped the girls off at a concert and drove around the city looking for homeless people to give the food to….
Suspended Coffee – Pay It Forward
This story will warm you better than a coffee in a cold winter day: “We enter a little coffeehouse with a friend of mine and give our order. While we’re approaching our table two people come in and they go to the counter – ‘Five coffees, please. Two of them for us and three suspended’….
The dog had the duvet!
Just thought I would share with you a little something my husband and I did at the weekend. We were speaking to a homeless man and his dog after getting him a hot chocolate, pastries and some dog treats, when he told us his blankets had all got wet in the night and they were…
I always buy my own food!
My family and I went into the city yesterday (Melbourne). It’s not something we do often as we live an hour or so away, but as my youngest son is highly interested in modern architecture, he loves going to see the tall, shiny buildings. My eldest son couldn’t wait to explore the magic shop and my husband and I…
That could be me!
When I was 21, I had a car and a job, but nowhere to live, so my boyfriend and I lived in my car. We would drive into a camp ground at night after collection hours and shower, then be out early in the morning before the rangers came through. That was the only reason I…
The Vet with the most genuine smile!
I worked in Orlando and during my lunch break I would walk. One day I met this homeless man who was a Vet and lost both of legs below the knee. Someone would give him a ride every day and he would sit in his wheelchair with an old white painter’s bucket with a few…
We shouted them dinner!
My daughter and I just brought noodles for dinner. On the way to the shop, we noticed a bloke asleep on a mattress, so we put in an extra meal order and took back a meal to this bloke. When we arrived there were 2 of them, so we shouted 2 young homeless men dinner!…