doesn’t sound quite right, does it?
should be “food FOR the homeless, right?
well, yesterday, mike and i were downtown, and after sharing sack lunches and coffee, we were talking to Rolf for awhile. great guy! homeless, in a wheelchair, 50-ish, always super pleasant and seems to be a giver, not a hoarder. (is that a word?)
so, he had a couple of lunches, then the girl who was with him came over and said “i gave away one of the lunches” “no problem” he says…
he tells me about having a chinese-buffet-lunch with a guy he called “pastor john” who seems to help out a lot on the streets. then he takes my phone and calls pastor john, and i verbally meet him.
Rolf tells us he ate about 5 plates. then he says he had some leftover shishkabobs from the buffet, reaches into his insulated bag, pulls out a ziplock, and offers me one! i politely decline, since i can’t imagine taking his food. even though i was pretty hungry….
another guy comes up, and we have to tell him we’re out of lunches. but Rolf offers him a shishkabob. “a what”? the guy says. “a shishkabob”. “a what”?. “a shishkabob” (this went on until he showed him). the guy declines, worried that it wasn’t any good. i couldn’t stand it anymore, and said “i’ll take one”!
i started gnawing on it, stating that i didn’t even care if it was cat, it was good!! mike got a piece of something, and then the other guy accepted a ‘bob’. i didn’t even feel bad, because i know that Rolf knows the rewards of giving. he was just so happy to “share the food”….
so, food from the homeless;Â it’s a good thing!
eh