The Month I Chose To Be Homeless

This is the front of a t-shirt I own.  (Click on the picture to buy one for yourself.)  The back of the shirt has a quote from author Shane Claiborne, “How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?”

Today is World Homeless Day so I decided to share my story.  It all began many years ago, when my now grown children were preschoolers, and I had a chance encounter that changed my life.  I had errands to run as busy moms do and no one to keep my children so I loaded them up in car seats and began a morning of running here and there. The boys were pretty good as I drug them through the stores but tired and hungry their good behavior was about to burn out.  A Happy Meal was just what they needed!   

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