Humbling Learning

Day 4 & 5 ..... To clean or not to clean ..... Or .... is my sense of "clean" dependent on whose here and whose not here? Add 5 more humans and the senses heighten especially when your not feeling well. This is my first weekend with the whole crew here. My place looks like it's been "really lived in" and I feel a bit frazzled. It's not really choas .... but .... my senses feel a bit overwhelmed. All said and done the kitchen is fairly clean, dishes are getting done, laundry is under control, and outside of very active toddlers and the debris field they create it's not all that bad. We've done this before ..... all living together under the same roof. This time we all have had some "growing up" we've done and experiences under our belts that is making this journey start out on a different foot this time. Sometimes "Suddenly" happens, and you have to take it in stride! ...... People comment on our choices of taking in "homeless" people. .......
      Us "normal" folk whatever that is suppose to be, live life in a bubble often forgetting about or possibly never knowing what being "without, or even homeless" may feel like.  We may have jobs we go to with regularity ..... interruption break ..... My little "pixie" who is 4 just came in and wanted a box to color so she could put her Dad's name on it and give to him.  Pixie is 4 years old with very long curly hair and big blue eyes, she is a tiny wee thing, with a giant personality and a bigger attitude. I spent the first year of her life with her. ..... Back to my thots about "Normal Folk" ..... and organizations or clubs we belong to, we have a home and vehicles, TV and other things that us working folk just take for granted. If you own your own home, and the mortgage is do-able .... you have a sense of security that grows and goes with you. But those other folk .... those who are drifting from place to place, job to job ... and sometimes in between a place to call home and/or homeless and can't seem to get ahead or on their feet ..... they have a story too ..... Physically they may have disabilities and injuries that need medical attention. Without health insurance they just don't qualify for this kind of luxury that we who have insurance take for granted. Then add low income jobs, old vehicles with issues and a family and you have a recipe for a homeless situation to happen.