pls dont take this as a humble brag. [View all]

Last edited Mon Mar 18, 2024, 02:29 PM - Edit history (1)

but i had the best convo w a homeless man this morning.
i never used to give money to the homeless, cuz i’m the daughter of an alcoholic. didnt want to b an enabler. a former bf changed that. he’s someone who collects winter coats, makes care packages, and goes out in the middle of the night when it gets below zero. so, i changed my ways.

i started passing out a dollar or 2, but i’m a lucky sucker, and i bumped that up to fivers. and a touch, a pat on the shoulder, a touch of the hand. and a take care, or stay warm.
i popped into a 7-11 for smokes, and gave the guy a 5 on my way out. but i was having a truly shitty morning, and as i sat in my car i thought, i cd use a hug. i wonder if he cd. turns out, he was happy to have 1. hugs r my super power and but they’re rare in my life these days.
we started talking, and he said he was a vet w a tbi. he says he has seizures, and i tend to believe him cuz he mentioned a med that is used to treat them. (i also had a tbi, as a kid as did my youngest. my seizures went away, kiddo’s have been tough to treat.) maybe none of that is true. i dont doubt it cuz he’s homeless, but cuz he’s a man. (no offense to honest men, but…)

i was so outraged that this cd b happening, i gave him a $20. he threw his cup away.
made.my.day.
we ended up chatting for a while. turns out we’re both extremely irish. we swapped a couple stories about that.
i told him to contact jan schakowsky, and how to do that.
i hope i bump into him again. i feel like i made a good friend.

my local npr station used to have a regular during their fund drives that always said- give til it feels good. this felt so good.
i highly rec.

dont pat me on the back. i’m so lucky, and i shd do more.
do try it yourself, tho. turned a shitty day on it’s head.
then i came here and saw tsf cant make his bond. i feel like i’m on a beach in hawaii, even tho it’s cold, grey and starting to snow here.

eta- said bf is a trumpkin, btw. met in 15 when the idea of tsf in the wh was a joke. we rarely talked politics, and when we talked issues we agreed across the board. lest u think they’re all rotten to the core.