Kids looking cool

I remember the families with both young and older children that were living within the walls of a prominent shelter in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. They say kids adapt well, but the longer a family took having to wait for an open room while sitting on a curbside...you could tell the effects as passing them day by day.

Different kids have different tastes. Some get in to parish clothing, others Izod, still others get caught up in what sometimes looks like online role play gaming costume wear. All working out who they want to be in a place they can't escape.

And while there are many people doing great things supporting families, there are still those that target them for their own purposes. The older men hanging around the eighteen year old girl with a daughter in tow. The jitterbugs slumming to sell a handful of rocks to the guys standing in meal lines after a long day of menial day labor.

I still sometimes hear the voice of a friend as he described the gunshot that rang out, just before his friend lied face down bleeding on the floor from his head...he only wanted to finish his meal he came in late for.