Stories by lindamae212 (3 matches)

The Hobbling Homeless Man

I was shopping in town when I saw a man aged about 30 hobbling down the road. He didn't have any possessions with him but I guessed he was homeless and that he seemed to have pain in his leg.  I watched him for a few minutes but was unable to help that day.   All that evening I thought about him and wondered about his life and his story. Going to bed I decided that if our paths crossed again I would help him.   I saw him the very next day! He stopped and asked a young woman in front of me for some cash. She looked surprised and not very happy to be stopped. She gave him a few coins.   I carried on walking behind and saw him drop the money into a charity box.   I quickly went to the cash machine to get some money whilst trying to watch where he went.   With cash ... Read Full Story >>

All Those Missing Plates

Every year I used to say that I would help serve food at a homeless shelter and every year family responsibilities got in the way. I had my children, my husband and elderly father to consider. Then, about five years ago, my son mentioned a friend who had no where to go on Christmas Day. So, he came to share dinner with us.   The next year my son asked if I could cook an extra meal for someone. He took the meal on a plate round to that person after our family meal.   The following year the request was, "Could you plate up a bit of everything?" And off he went.   Last year it was a recovering alcoholic who had no family who had a roast dinner on a plate.   This year I moved to a different part of the country. So, there was just myself, my husband and my son around the table.    "It feels strange." I ... Read Full Story >>

The Old Man In Our Shop

I work some weekends at a small but busy shop to help my partner, and every weekend an elderly gentleman comes in. He has a cup of tea with us and chats about his day and his family. One day he got up to leave and stumbled (he walks with a stick as he has bad arthritis in his knees.) I don't know how he managed to save himself from hitting the floor but, thankfully, he did.   I took his hand, made him sit with me for a while and then, when he was ready, I offered to walk him home.    "No need," he said. "It's raining."   "There's every need," I replied. "I wouldn't sleep tonight not knowing you got home safe."   As we walked we chatted, my arm linked through his. It seems his family were far from home, his wife died some twenty years earlier. He said he still missed her.   So I walked him to ... Read Full Story >>

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