The angel outside Walmart

Today I met a homeless man outside Walmart. He only said "Keep that pretty smile pretty" as I walked by. As I shopped I thought about him and when I walked out of the store, I saw him and smiled. He told me "Ah that beautiful smile" and asked the man that walked out behind me if he had "a penny to help feed the homeless". I dug through my purse and managed to find only 60 cents but when I gave it to him, he thanked me and said "God bless you" over and over again. I returned the favor and before he left he told me "make sure you keep that beautiful smile beautiful".

Now, I know not everyone is religious, but I am. I have always believed that you should never turn your back on the hungry because you don't know when it will be an angel or Jesus. Well, as I said goodbye I touched his shoulder and it just felt interesting. It was warm despite the cool breeze and I felt very calm. I'm not saying he was Jesus, but I don't doubt for a second that he was an angel.

Moral: Don't turn your back on the homeless. Even if they are not and they are exploiting others, that is their hell to pay in the end and you just never know.

California Gurls

Fast forward a few months and here we are in Norther California. Let me tell you leaving San Angelo was more mind numbing than I thought it would be. Everybody was crying and I didn't know how we would make the 3-4 day drive.

Almost 100 miles later and we're in Big Spring. Suddenly the trip is getting more exciting. We get to the interstate and Mat takes over driving (scary!!). The next 3 days are not actually as bad as I thought they would be. We stopped at more truck stops than I had previously seen in my lifetime and we even got to see The Thing! I've got to say, I kind of miss the traveling.

So here we are. Livermore, California. We're about 45 minutes from Half Moon Bay with more beaches than we'd ever need. 30 minutes from the heart of San Francisco, and about a 5 hour drive from Los Angeles.