Tag: homeless
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Being Poor
I have been very poor by US standards. I continue to believe that it was never that bad. I lived on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on day old bread for several years. But I was never in any danger of actually starving. I had a very cheap apartment but was never homeless until the…
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Homeless Pork
My homeless friend came to get his mail today. He’s still unfortunately reporting our address as his place of residence. If the police come looking for him I will tell them the truth. He also brought four pounds of frozen pork. Well, he claims it was frozen when he got it. It was room temperature…
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Major Cities Are Not For Me
What place in the world do you never want to visit? Why? I have lived in Portland and Milwaukee. Portland is a beautiful city until you get to the center of it. At its heart is just big, imposing buildings and asphalt. There are places where there aren’t even any sidewalks. I once took a…
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Family Matters
My wife and two of our children are living in a house my parents bought that we rent from them. Our family will not let us become homeless again and calling that “a positive thing” fails to measure the enormity of their help.
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Ten Years From Now
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? I like this area of the country. Janesville, Wisconsin is a good place to live. It’s relatively safe and clean, it’s got a good mix of local and big name businesses, I haven’t seen much discrimination here because I’m a Mormon, and we’ve got family and friends…
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Affordable Housing
How would you improve your community? My community like so many others in the USA has a lack of affordable housing. There are more people that want to live here than there are places to live. So not only are housing prices high but a growing number of people are becoming homeless. People wanting to…
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A Homeless Man’s Chorizo
My homeless friend is visiting this afternoon. He brought a package of chorizo and I’m sharing some tortillas with him. He has a strong spirit if a bit weird. He thinks it’s The Spirit. I’m not so sure. We talk and he talks about trying to cast out his ex-wife’s demons but he is convinced…
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Stress and Homeless Men
More people have visited today than usual. My parents are stressful, I love them dearly and it’s good stress, but stressful nonetheless. They brought food so one of my two sons came for lunch. Now I have my regular homeless friend at the table and another homeless man he just met. Gods help me. Oh…
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Homeless Visitors
I’ve probably told you before that I have a friend who is homeless. We can’t keep him here because he dysregulates all of us. He visited this evening and brought another homeless friend. I fed his friend and gave my friend beer. But then I told them to leave because my wife needs to decompress…
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A Good Day To Fast
Today is Fast and Testimony Sunday. I woke up early because of the time change and fortunately remembered that I was supposed to be fasting. My ride picked up in investigator who just moved to Wisconsin from Venezuela. I speak more Spanish than they speak English. Hopefully they found the Ward welcoming. There was also…
Latter Day Sinner 