The Humanity of Homelessness
Humanity isn’t lost when a home is.
5 min readOct 14, 2022
The woman stopped. Something behind her on the busy sidewalk pulled at her thoughts like a toy with an invisible pull-string. Pedestrian traffic continued past the woman as she stood, hands clutching her purse. Eyes looking forward, mind looking behind, a decision was made. Turning, she sidestepped a child dragging a wheeled backpack and quickly unzipped…