Friday, November 21, 2008

Do you have any ribs?

Today was delivery day. It was very cold and windy.
We decided to visit the folks that got kicked out Monday.

We found about 5 tents all crammed together only about 10 yards from where they were on Monday. They have simply moved across a property line. They know where all the property lines are in this area.

Two of our friends were in their tents just trying to keep warm. They came out, along with a cute cat. Normally, they don't take the food we offer, they have a few places in the area that support homeless, but they wanted what we had. This showed me that they are pretty depressed although they were doing their best to stay positive.

I told them we had PBJ and stuff. One of the homeless jokingly asked if we could get them some baby back ribs instead. The other agreed. We joked about pretending that the sandwiches would be baby back ribs, but it was not all that funny.

There is that feeling again - helplessness in the middle of a terrible situation.

We left the food and went on our journey. It was much colder after that visit.

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