Mothers Day, Fathers Day, and Homeless Heartbreak

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Mothers Day to Fathers Day

As the world of Hallmark and grocery store flower extravaganza's screamed to us, buy this or do that for mom on Mother's Day. I was reminded that there are homeless women who will never celebrate. The tension is similar as we approach Fathers Day.

A happy Mother's Day is not shared by many of them.

My heart is heavy at times with some "holidays". There is something about this season of Mothers Day and Fathers Day. There are women and men living in the woods that have given birth numerous times. A woman I know who recently died had 6 children, they were all in the system or being raised by family members.

Some of our homeless friends talk about their kids, but most do not. Recently a friend gave birth. She was hoping to be able to retrieve the baby from the hospital. Yet, we knew it likely would not happen. She gave me her hospital folder containing parenting tips, newborn fact sheets etc. Also, in the folder I discovered information on adoption.

I was an addict when my oldest two children were young.

It is ONLY the Grace of God that kept me from living the same life as my homeless friends.

The reality is that we definitely have common life experiences. I understand the lack of bonding that occurs in the life of the addicted brain. Addiction controls us in such a way that we are all about ourselves, what we want, what we need, and how we are going to get it.

In my opinion, this mindset is not something that can be corrected apart from divine intervention. For myself it drives me to visit my friends on the streets and who live in the woods, to take them food and supplies.

God saved me from myself and the very least I can do is share His love with others.

As we come off of Mothers Day and approach Fathers Day, it is a good time to think of our homeless friends and their children, lift them in prayer, and seek to help in any way we can.