Merle
Honorable
I'm involved locally with a couple of Food and Meal distribution organisations... Basically it's surplus groceries and vegetables which the big supermarkets haven't sold and are nearing their use by date.... They are given to charity organisations like the ones I'm involved in and then it gets distributed (no questions asked) to homeless, low income, strugglers, mentally challenged and down and out people, anyone really who feels they need a bit of extra help. Once a week on a Sunday, meals are cooked and everyone is welcome...
Over time I've made some interesting friends and often enough run into some when it town and if I do, I always stop and have a chat... I haven't been around the last month or so and only went back yesterday and today when I was in town, I ran into one woman who always gives me a smile when she sees me. She's quite young, has quite a few intellectual difficulties and tells me about her family and her troubles sometimes, I think she sees me as a mother figure...
So today I happened to run into her when I was in town and she asks me...
'Where have you been?'
Me: 'I've been busy being lazy the last month or so.'
'Oh, do you do that as a job?'
I looked at her and I realised she was being dead serious and if it had been anyone else I would have laughed and jibed at them, but it didn't seem to be fitting...
Me: 'No, I try to avoid doing that'...
... and she was happy enough with my reply...
Over time I've made some interesting friends and often enough run into some when it town and if I do, I always stop and have a chat... I haven't been around the last month or so and only went back yesterday and today when I was in town, I ran into one woman who always gives me a smile when she sees me. She's quite young, has quite a few intellectual difficulties and tells me about her family and her troubles sometimes, I think she sees me as a mother figure...
So today I happened to run into her when I was in town and she asks me...
'Where have you been?'
Me: 'I've been busy being lazy the last month or so.'
'Oh, do you do that as a job?'
I looked at her and I realised she was being dead serious and if it had been anyone else I would have laughed and jibed at them, but it didn't seem to be fitting...
Me: 'No, I try to avoid doing that'...
... and she was happy enough with my reply...