Day 28.

Had lunch with a sister I haven't seen in a long while. I was a bit iffy about having lunch with her one-on-one cause I don't know her all too well and I was afraid of awkward silences thinking of what to say/ask exactly. I worry about that with good friends, ha. But no worries! I enjoyed my time with her and it was so easy to talk to her. Thank you God! I'm glad I was able to spend some time with her and get to know her.

We had lunch at St. Mark's and right outside the K-Mart was a homeless woman and her dog. She was fairly young - I would say in her mid/late 20s. I rarely see homeless women in general and homeless people with pets. I felt so :(. Only a couple days after another bad snow storm too. I was in a rush and I don't like to be late so I gave her a dollar and went on my way. I thought to myself, "I'll offer to buy her a meal if I see her after lunch." After lunch, I was walking with my friend and I feel really self-conscious for some reason giving help to the homeless when I'm with other people. Not sure why. So we walked past the homeless woman and her dog. My friend and I said our goodbyes. I went to the train station and my friend went somewhere else. I went down a flight of stairs and it was bugging me that I just went against what I told myself before. I thought "I'm already in the train station. I have to walk A BLOCK back and I have somewhere to go. And it's only going to bother me for a while and I'll eventually forget about her" and the other side of me thought "You told yourself you'd offer her food before. It's freaking cold. And the dog! Seriously? Is DWB just a one time or two time thing? Have you not learned anything? Don't be a hypocrite. You don't like hypocrites." So I went out and walked back to her. I offered to get her some food and she accepted. She apparently had food for her dog already. So I went to go get her food and as I was waiting for it, I remembered I had an AMEX gift card with a few dollars left in it. I called the number behind the card to find out the balance..about $7 and some change. So I walk back to her, give her the food, and introduce myself. She was was really nice. Her name is Mouse. I really wish I had more balls to have stayed and talked to her more and to have offered to pray for her. Instead I just told her I'd be praying for her. So if you're ever around the K-Mart by St. Mark's and see a blond woman in her mid/late 20s with a big black labrador, please go and talk to her :) Her name is Mouse.

HAHA.