Welcome back…I can not see you not helping someone who needs assistance.
I am sure that your heart is as big as your smiles.

Smiles,
Sharon
~BBQ~

I do not have a clue as to why there are homeless people, but I dare to say that all of them are NOT due to illegal drugs unless you mean that alcohol and perhaps post shock syndrome from wars, chemical imbalances and the ability to cope with every day is an illegal drug…granted alcohol should be an illegal drug but it wont be in my life time.

I am not what you call wealthy but I can always share a bottle of water, can of food or pet food with someone I think needy.

Granted there are people out there on the streets corners, who scam you and probably make more on that street corner in a day then I do in a week.

But it is for my own self that I give…to repay the generosity of others, that gave to me. It is hard for me to see stressed or hungry people or worse, pets. Yes, call me a screaming Liberal…I still have heart and soul left, that worries about the masses.

Drug and alcohol abuse is an illness and not all recover from its vises.

I still try to help those who are unable to help them selves. I know the feeling because I have been just two feet away from those circumstances a couple times in my life and it was the generosity of family, friends, the Red Cross and strangers who helped me.

Well, let me get off the pulpit as my Father would say…thank you for the visit…you are always a welcome relief from the silent, who read my blog.

Southern smiles and world peace,
Sharon
~The Baby Boomer Queen~

Fortunately, a lot of Baby Boomers do not know about “soup kitchens,” “bread lines” or going to the “poor house” when you lost your home.As a child,I remember my Father pointing out the poor houses,where people went to stay when they lost …

One of the key differences between the Dust Bowl days and today is that the down-and-out were family folk who had no alternative but to hit the road. So they did.

Nowadays, when you see somebody holding up a “Will work for food” sign, do you REALLY think this is the same situation?

The height of irony is that we have WWFF folks camped on highway offramps here in northwest Arkansas. We have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation. If you are down and out without a job, 99% of the time it means you can’t pass a drug test.

Homelessness is a tragedy. But homelessness + drug use = an inability to get a job that is one’s own fault.

Maybe I’m old fashioned. I’ve been through tough financial times myself. But I have no sympathy for someone who abuses illegal drugs and tries to make people feel sorry for them afterwards.