I went to Costco with my husband this morning. On the way home, we saw what we thought was a panhandler in the middle of traffic. I pulled out my phone and started to record when a man came out of a vehicle, I think, and started talking to him. You can hear my reaction when I realized what was happening. Excuse my English... I'm thinking he was trying to get to the bus stop and didn't realize he hadn't made it across the entire street.
in all the hoopla these days, acts of kindness continue...some man bought dh and i a cookie...if you saw us you'd know while kind we don't need it, lol...but it was sweet...lol....
the other day I was parked in my car waiting for someone and a man came down the sidewalk carrying a large bag that may have been his personal belongings. He was a bit disheveled and on the older side; likely homeless. A woman in the car ahead of me, also waiting, jumped out of the driver's seat and grabbed a large baggy out of her backseat and ran after him. I asked her about it and she said she puts snacks (protein bars, raisins, nuts, dried fruit, etc) small bars of soap, individually wrapped hand wipes, toothbrush and paste, and offers them to people who look like they could use them.
When I first saw the man in traffic, my first thought was he was unemployed and homeless looking for handouts. We have a lot of people who will go from car to car asking for spare change when the lights are red. But something just wasn't right, which is why I pulled out my phone. But I didn't expect him to be blind and in traffic by mistake. I'm so glad someone was able to see that and help him out. Because his back was to us, we didn't see his white cane.
While walking down a boulevard that had a very wide tree lawn in the middle, I saw a blind man attempt to cross the street. After he was in the tree lawn, there was no hard sidewalk to serve as a path. He was getting turned around (and around again) trying to find the sidewalk. I was now at the corner myself, so I told him that the sidewalk he sought did not exist, but that it continued where I stood. That was enough for him to get his bearings.
I daily read a local blogger who advocates for safe, usable properly constructed sidewalks. He has made me conscious of the inadequacies of our sidewalks.
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