THE HOMELESS MAN IN THE STREET

THE HOMELESS MAN IN THE STREET

The homeless man in his early 50s, with a long, scraggly beard sat on the sidewalk and his belongings piled up around him. He had a kind face, but it was also one that had seen a lot of hardship, struggle, and vulnerability. I walked up to him and asked him how he had ended up on the street, and he told me his story. He had lost his job many years ago, and he had been unable to find another one and also had been struggling with addiction that made him harder to get back on his feet. He was one of many people who were struggling with homelessness and it's a problem that we need to do more to address.