I Saw a Homeless Person

I am upset right now and thought this would be the best place to share why.

My dad is 74 years old and diabetic and has been living in his car for the past 7 or so years. In the last year it's gotten REALLY bad, he stopped showering...

ive been homeless too with my daughter, back in 2001 i lefted abusive 20year reltaionship

my daughter was 8 at the time we went to a womens domistic volince shelter

we had nothing but eachother just the close on our backs...

I live in a small southern town and just like the big cities we have homeless people too.  A couple of years ago it seemed like everywhere I looked there was a homeless person.  The old man sitting on the same bench...

I saw a homeless person a few days ago standing at the exit of a local shopping mall. I did not realize it until I was ready to go with the traffic that it was a girl. She must have been about 18 or 20. I felt bad because she was at the...

A homeless person is more complex than the stereotype of a job-less, lazy person begging for change on the corner of the street. People become homeless for a variety of reasons, like being cut off from public assistance or...

When I was nine my family and I took a trip to New York City. I had never seen such a big place before also I and never seen homeless people either. When i first saw one I cried I felt so bad. i couldn't believe that there were people...

i see a homeless person almost every single day that i go to work.

If you have railroads in your city, town or anyplace you have the FTRA, a gang of homeless men who move about in railroad cars.
They are criminal.

I see them all the time and I feel so much for them. If we are near a restaurant or fast food place I'll go in and buy them a meal. This morning, however, the gentleman that I saw was walking with a cane and barefoot. He had just a few...

One day I saw a homeless person. He was my age. I smiled at him. He smiled back. I'll never forget that. It made my day. Despite all the shit that that individual is going through, he smiled. How powerful.

I visit NYC a lot, so you see a lot of homeless people just by walking down the streets. My first reaction is always sympathy, but then I start to wonder what they think about us. They probably do have a lot of time to people...

After reading several people's stories on the homeless, I thought I share my experience with an open mind to everyone who seemed to be freaked out , who are nervous, or just think homeless are lazy people. I got off the bus one...

but I live in one of those mid-south city-towns with a 20-30k population. everybody's got money, a job, or family.

I've been to some cities, though. New York is crazy...

In San Antonio a man approached me, sixteen with my beard and...

I asked a question recently about “Do you know of any famous people who were once homeless” and got a variety of responses. Correction, that’s not right – I got only three responses one of which seemed a bit...

my older brother chose to be homeless. he lived in the streets for 30 years, 10 years since we last saw him at my moms funeral. two weeks ago, we received a letter from the coroners office that he passed away . apparently, he fell...

There once was this homeless man who used to hang out in a plaza near my neighborhood, and my mother and I felt bad for him. So one day we decided we'd make a pb&j sandwich and some hot chocolate for him. But when were got there to...

I spent some time homeless after my parents kicked me out. For alot of the part, I could rely on my friends, but there were days when I didn't have a place to sleep. I was thrown out while I was still in High School. I did live with my...