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Guys, We Lost Another One Last Night!
It was was Old Grandma, she could not take the streets anymore, the family not responding, the police pushing, the tickets and the pressure was too much. Oh, please tell me we have coffee this morning, we are going to need to get through this one today. Yes, Pete is on his way, he is late, he was dodging stuff trying to help but there was nothing he could do. Okay, I am sure the others are on their way.
Morning guys, news has already traveled? Yes Pete, it has traveled, and no one is to happy this morning. Yeah, it was a long night, I found her just before she left us and I tried to help her, but I knew better than to call an ambulance for her. What do you mean Pete. Old Grandma and I had talked, she made me promise to never again send her to the hospital, never. So, I did as she wanted me to, the least I could do was respect her wishes as she died.
Sorry, folks, good morning, it is me, Billy Bob, we don’t normally dive in like a scuba diver, but this is a tender spot for us. Too many are dying out here and nobody cares, nobody is with them, and their families have given up on them and frankly our government cares more about the ‘migrants’ than the old ones, so join us today, if you don’t mind a bumpy ride.
Alright everybody, let’s take a mulligan and start over again, so we can try and process what we are going through this morning. Yeah, good, but please tell me there is more coffee, we are going to need it this morning. Yes, plenty of coffee this is a subject no one likes to talk about, but us homeless folk need to talk because we are alone and forgotten. Yes, like I have said so many times, I almost wish we were illegals, we could live the life of absolute luxury
Alright, so Old Grandma did not make it, she has left and gone to the world beyond this one. Could we have done anything to extend her life, or was it simply mercy that she fell asleep last night and left us? Pete, that is always the tough question, because in one way or another, each of us out here have to make that decision from time to time. Frankie, explain what you are saying. Bill, you and I served in the military, and we understand that at times it is just too much, and you literally have to decide whether to wake up or to sleep on.
Hey, guys, I don’t speak much in the mornings, but on this, and on the loss of an old one, it hits home, and it makes me angry that our government is so concerned about this and that and the little things, but humans can die on the street like trash, and it is no big deal. I mean because why they may have mental health issues they may be addicted, they may have made bad decisiona, does that equal the death sentence for them here on the streets? Bill, who did you lose? He was an army buddy, we served together, he saw too much and one day after getting no help, he decided it was enough, and he went and said hello to a freight train.
The narrative of tis nation has changed, the ideal of charity and hospitality and help your neighbor and watching out for the less fortunate is nearly gone. It is the, Me Get All I Want, and it does not matter who I step on when I am climbing the ladder. Sally, that is hard truth. Yeah, but it is truth, if it were not truth, we would not be nearly choking on our food today because of this discussion. How has this happened to this once great nation, and it is still a good nation, but the foundation is starting to crack badly. Do you want truth Sally? Yes, Johnny Boy I do. They threw God out!
Hey, everybody, drink coffee, breathe, drink and repeat. We are intense this morning, on one slept last night and no one likes talking about an old one dying out here or a veteran giving up and deciding to say hello to a train. But remember our coffee mornings are to try and wake people up to reality and not scare them off, reality without all the fear, we need them to begin to understand how badly the government has messed this all up. I know Billy Bob, you are right, it is just hard. Bill, thanks for sharing and being here today, this is a way to make the bad days not so bad.
Billy Bob, Pete, how many more old ones, veterans, disabled are we going to lose out here before something changes for the good? Sadly, this phrase is way too accurate, when pigs fly with golden wings. Dang it, Pete, you can make me so mad sometimes I want to just scream. Mike it is not them, it is all the systems coming together that are trying to make us disappear, that is why we hide, disappear, and die out here all alone. They call it a drug overdose, a diabetic crisis, alcoholism, old age, heart failure, violence, they give a name, but they do not call it truth. Truth is this, hopelessness that comes in many shapes and forms.
So, this is what we can do, with the old ones, the vulnerable ones, those we know are on the edge, or choosing not to fight anymore, because they are tired, just being there with them. We can be that vital piece that is missing, not agreeing or disagreeing if they have given up the fight, but just being a comfort to them in the final days, hours or even minutes. In that way we will have done our part, I mean no one gets out of here alive, so let’s at least make sure that they transition with as much peace as they can have out here. One life at a time we can bring dignity back to the forgotten. You set the pattern last night, Pete, show us the way to do it again for others that are in need, heck we are going to need it ourselves one day.
Okay, Bill, let’s do just that. We must be attentive to all things, because we need to be there, if they want to go to the hospital we will get them there, but if not, we will comfort them until that transition comes. But when the authorities show up, we have to cut and run, knowing we have done all and they are not there anymore, and we have done the best we can.
Well folks, it’s me, Billy Bob, you have managed to make it through one of the toughest topics anybody can go through, death and dying and the days surrounding that event. Sadly, y’all don’t see us as human, so I am not sure how you see us when we are dying and going through the final stages of life before our spirit returns to God who created it. I guess what I am hoping for is that you will see something in our suffering with the loss of Old Grandma and begin to see that we are in fact humans, just homeless humans. I do thank you for joining us today, and each time you check in, we are not trying to change the world, just hearts and minds. Blessings have a great day.
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