February Photo Day 4: A Stranger

Now I couldn't bring myself to take a picture of a stranger today... Simply because I know I wouldn't be ok with it myself. This little collage has a story to it about one particular stranger who impacted me in a big way today. He gave me a great reminder of how much I have to be thankful for. The house over my head, warm socks on my feet, endless access to my Web addictions, the ability to have food and drink when I so choose, and people who love me... people who would never let me go cold and hungry.

Bill and I sat at KFC tonight, when a man came in asking if there was a shelter near by. Unfortunately, there isn't one in magna. He sat down at a booth alone with a dollar clutched in a white knuckled grip. The longer I sat there across from the man I love, eating a warm meal... My heart became heavier and I found myself holding back tears. Bill looked at me (amazing he knows what I am thinking) and gave me the ok to do what he knew I wanted to do. So I got up and bought that stranger a warm meal of his own. I truly wish I could have done or given more to this man, but I hope that with this simple act of kindness he knows that there are people who care. A stranger that cared so deaply about him and his well being... that tonight I sit here, 2 hours later, still wishing I could have given him more. Feeling a bit guilty that through his poverty I gained so much gratitue for the things I do have. I am so very blessed.