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<blockquote data-quote="HeadlightsMom" data-source="post: 649715" data-attributes="member: 18284"><p>Thank you all for sharing. This thread is helping me explore and process the matter of homelessness in a very wide, diverse and helpful way.</p><p></p><p>** <u>I have determined that the single greatest source of my battle within myself re: our very troubled son is HOMELESSNESS</u>. A guilt buzzer tends to go off in me on this matter by far more than any other. I'm not feeling that Homeless Guilt Buzzer (the dreaded HGB) today, but I have felt it exponentially more often than any other guilt buzzer in my head. I always feel so much better knowing he has a place to lay his head. Food, I give him whenever I can -- when I know where he is.</p><p></p><p>This thread is tremendously clarifying for me. Again, thank you all for your comments!</p><p></p><p>RE -- Yes, a friend posted that link/article on the faces of homeless on Facebook. I saw it and loved it. Thanks for sharing it again. So much amazing humanity out there and, fact is, any one of us could be just a heartbeat away from homelessness given a big life event. For example, I have a life-long friend who had a medical emergency and, despite being employed and with decent medical insurance, he simply could not pay his bills. He lost his home and was homeless overnight....in his 40's. That opened my eyes a lot.</p><p></p><p>LucyJ -- That is a brilliant idea to respectfully ask someone how their life evolved. They may or may not be inclined to share. But I suspect they might share more than we know -- especially when they know that we genuinely care and why. I may borrow your idea. </p><p></p><p>Homelessness has been all over my mind for the last several days. There must be a reason......something for me to learn, say or do...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HeadlightsMom, post: 649715, member: 18284"] Thank you all for sharing. This thread is helping me explore and process the matter of homelessness in a very wide, diverse and helpful way. ** [U]I have determined that the single greatest source of my battle within myself re: our very troubled son is HOMELESSNESS[/U]. A guilt buzzer tends to go off in me on this matter by far more than any other. I'm not feeling that Homeless Guilt Buzzer (the dreaded HGB) today, but I have felt it exponentially more often than any other guilt buzzer in my head. I always feel so much better knowing he has a place to lay his head. Food, I give him whenever I can -- when I know where he is. This thread is tremendously clarifying for me. Again, thank you all for your comments! RE -- Yes, a friend posted that link/article on the faces of homeless on Facebook. I saw it and loved it. Thanks for sharing it again. So much amazing humanity out there and, fact is, any one of us could be just a heartbeat away from homelessness given a big life event. For example, I have a life-long friend who had a medical emergency and, despite being employed and with decent medical insurance, he simply could not pay his bills. He lost his home and was homeless overnight....in his 40's. That opened my eyes a lot. LucyJ -- That is a brilliant idea to respectfully ask someone how their life evolved. They may or may not be inclined to share. But I suspect they might share more than we know -- especially when they know that we genuinely care and why. I may borrow your idea. Homelessness has been all over my mind for the last several days. There must be a reason......something for me to learn, say or do... [/QUOTE]
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