Looking Out for Others
He's been down on his luck - to say the least! He's been living in his broken-down van for 3 years. He was unjustly kicked out of emergency accommodation before that. Throughout it all, he's been trying to cope with a massive load of grief and trauma that led to his homeless experience. Last week he had a tooth snap in 2, causing excruciating pain, today the pain has subsided a lot, but he's sitting on a crate politely asking his neighbours for spare change. Today is cold, it's windy and has a bite to it, and he feels it! He laments how difficult it is to live in a van when you're by yourself and in such pain. He laments how the weather has changed, how cold it is, and how he covets warmth. I was meeting him to give him some good news, that he has a strong possibility of getting housed, very soon! He likes the look of this small place. To him, it meets his expectations. His journey has been long and hard, but the dim light at the end of the tunnel is getting br...