Well I've had the kittens for exactly a month but it seems like I've had them forever!
Anyway, I went into town today with mr pink-shoes and we ended up having a semi argumnet which was nice however it worked itself out and things are ok now. Well after the starbucks argument we went into HMV and while we were in there a homeless man came in, now I'm used to seeing the drug addict beggers on the street with fairly fashionable clothes asking for money, infact I'm quite immune to them, but this one really got to me, he was about 50 and was just looking at the horror films in HMV, he wasn't begging, he wasn't asking for anything he was just browsing in HMV, he had an old ripped coat and what looked like a sleeping bag rolled up in 2 carrier bags to keep it together, what really got to me was that his shoes were falling apart.
He seemed to have a lot of dignity and I wanted to help him but what could I do? I couldn't give him anything as I didn't want to offend him. It actually made me cry, just there in the middle of town, real fluds of tears (infact I'm crying now) it made me so sad that he could have been someones dad, you never know the back story to these things and it could happen to anyone.
If anything I resent the ones who sit on the street asking for money as they make everyone so apathetic and not really think that homelessness could effect anyone.
I'm now torn between setting up a payrole payment to the salvation army or NSPCC or childline as all these charities now matter to me...I just need to earn more money so I can donate to them all. Oh and I'm now going to donate all the charity shop stuff I have to the shelter shop! Please donate something to a homeless charity as if you ever see someone who is living with homelessness not asking you for help just getting on with life it'll break your heart and you'll feel compelled to do something to!
