The Long and Winding Homeless Road

I decided to stop by the GLO Center. Being the 3rd Friday of the month, the Center was presenting a free movie. This month the movie was "Twilight." The start was a little long, but it held my interest. The climax was a scene where a game of "baseball" was played. It reminded me of the climax of the first Harry Potter Movie, where they played Quidditch. Well, the remainder of the movie was fantastic! A love story with the most peculiar events, turns and twists. Fascinating work, Twilight. I am definitely primed to see the next one!

Unfortunately for Angel, I dragged her along with me. She doesn't understand my life. She just notices that I'm "different" in ways that perplex her. She and I had a discussion about how she is also "different." Suffering from schizophrenia distances her from society in ways very similar to how society pushes "my kind" away.

Just the way that I'm homeless, Angel is also homeless. Each of us agrees that "houseless" is a better word in our case. Although we share my '99 Mercury Villager (i.e., The Green Turtle), Thayer is our adopted home town. I adopted Thayer many years ago; Angel more recently (when Crystal & D.J. kicked her out of their home in Ozark County).

The road to homelessness is a long and winding one. It is filled with turns and twists that are unique to each individual. Recently, I spoke with Tina (i.e. half of the Tina & Tim Homeless couple whom I met last summer en route to St. Louis). She and Tim are doing well and are traveling through the southwest part of the country. Theirs is a fascinating story unto itself.

With this entry, I've initiated the first in a series of my "houselessness" articles. Both Angel and I are on lists to get housing (in my case, the Shelter Plus program). I'll keep interested readers abreast of the results of my long and winding road...

Thanks for reading.