Thank you for sharing these great insights, Suzanne. You’re right that people who are homeless and people who have homes are far more alike than different! Becoming homeless could happen to any of us under the right conditions. And it behooves us to remember that, so we won’t think of it as us vs them. We’re all “us.”

For better or worse, I believe it to be true, too, Barbie.

Thanks, Maree. It’s amazing how simple interactions can touch us so profoundly. God is good to do things like that for us!

“So for now, I’ll keep stepping into Buck’s world and pray it makes mine a little less plastic and a lot more authentic. That it makes his a little less lonely and a lot more loved.

Our previous separate worlds will improve and merge at the intersection. It becomes less about our differences and more about our similarities.

The same God put both Buck and me in this same world.

And we are survivors together.”

Thanks, Betty. Yes, thank God for those who know how to get by on less. We need their example and their help.

You’re welcome, Kristin. I appreciate your faithfulness in hosting us each week! Hope you’re enjoying your waning days of summer and your pool before school begins again. 🙂

I would probably be among the first to die in a real catastrophe because I lack basic survival skills myself. ha. So I agree with your dad. We’re getting more removed from practical skills as we move into “head” skills—which are also good, but not at the expense of common sense. Thanks for sharing these thoughts, Ruth!

I’m glad you’ve survived your hard situation, April. Yes, there by but the grace of God any of us could be homeless. I often think that some of my homeless friends wouldn’t be in their situation if they had had supportive family/friends as they were growing up. There are many, many difficult circumstances out there and we all need to have more compassion towards each other and lend helping hands every which way we can. I appreciate you sharing this part of your journey here! Your story matters.