Do u ever go to town and actually look at the homeless people out there with their little signs on the street corners, or the ones that hang out at the park cause there is no where else to go. Whether it is 110 degrees or 30 degrees. do you really take a look at them or are they invisable? I know I've heard people say," well they are out there cause they want to be, sometimes that's true sometimes not. Especially the way the economy is today. What's really sad is when they have kids and they've no place to go and the shelters are full. Some are just down on their luck, no job, no money . And some are there because of drugs or alcohol. But I know that GOD really does love them and wants to help them, but won't force himself on them.
I have learned that in many cases GOD sends people into our path so that we can help them to. Maybe to pray for them, maybe to talk to them like they are humans and don't have the plague. We had a loved one on the streets 7 years ago that came around when he wasn't drinking but when he was we didn't hear from him for months. Then one night he went to the beach and drank himself to death. Just another homeless statistic. He had people that loved him, but how do u help someone that doesn't want you to. what a sad waste. Everyone of those people have family somewhere but they choose to separate themselves for one reason or another. GOD said He'd gather His children in his protective arms as a hen gathers her chicks but we won't let him. My heart aches for those people because most of them have felt unloved or worthless and don't feel they deserve to be loved. How sad is that? I thank GOD for the shelters and the people that spend their time helping in them. We need to ask ourselves, What can I do?????

My dad and I go to the truck stop two or three times a month to eat and play cards. Dad was a trucker for many years and that is his second home now that he has retired. He probably goes 4 times a week just to get out of the house. I would say he is a permanent fixture at TA's, The waitresses are so sweet to him. He can be a little bossy at times but they love him. They let us sit after we eat and play rummy which is dad's favorite card game. and believe it or not he beats me more then half the time. I like spending time with him and the cards help him with his memory . I really think he has deisel fuel running through his veins instead of blood. I think they should put a plague with his name on our favorite booth. haha that would be funny. and he'd get a kick out of that. Thank you GOD for the time that I get to spend with my dad.

RICKY CLOYD PASSED AWAY JUNE 29TH 2010. HE WAS MY SON-IN-LAW, MARRIED TO OUR DAUGHTER, SHARON FOR 7 YEARS THIS JULY 4TH. TWO YEARS AGO HE STARTED LOOKING SICK AND WAS SICK BUT DIDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR AND HE JUST KEPT GETTING WORSE. FINALLY HIS FAMILY TOOK HIM TO EMERGENCY AND IT WAS TOO LATE TO SAVE HIM. HE WAS A DRINKER AND HAD CIRRHOUS OF THE LIVER AND EVERYTHING BEGAN TO SHUT DOWN. HE SPENT 3 WEEKS IN ICU ON MORPHINE AND TUBES AND FINALLY DECIDED HE HAD ENOUGH. ALL OF HIS FAMILY WAS THERE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER TO SAY GOODBYE AND SHARON WAS AT HIS SIDE WHEN HE PASSED.

IT'S SAD TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR BODIES FROM NEGLECT. BUT ONE VISE IS NO DIFFERANT THEN ANOTHER. RICK DRANK, AND I EAT SUGAR AND THINGS I SHOULDN'T HAVE WITH MY DIABETIS. WE ALWAYS THINK, "IT WON'T HAPPEN TO ME", BUT THEN IT DOES. AND OUR FAMILIES ARE LEFT TO PICK UP THE PIECES. ONE THING WE HAVE TO HAVE IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS IS NO REGRETS. SOMETIMES TOO MANY WASTED YEARS GO BY BEFORE FAMILIES MAKE UP AND THEN U THINK OF ALL THE THINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SAID AND WERE'NT. IF THERE IS SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW, WHILE THEY ARE STILL HERE TELL THEM U LOVE THEM AND FORGIVE THEM BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.