Twas A Few Nights Before Christmas

The lights are low. The music is soft. The armchairs are filled with sleeping men. On the outskirts of the room there are quiet conversations going on; relationships being built. One person quietly refreshes the coffee and puts unneeded things away. It has been a long...

One Perspective

I have been giving my time to DLE Cafe every Tuesday for over a month. I have to admit that the experience has done my soul some good and even produced some new friends. Daily Living Essential Cafe is a service of Love Overwhelming. They have made the front part of...

A Cold Night in Longview

It was about 38 degrees and I was busy working in my car when I looked up to find a thin teen-aged girl with a sweatshirt on. She asked me if I had a dollar.  She spoke in such a soft voice I had to ask her to repeat what she just said.  Then she told me she really...