Late Friday night, there was a knock on my door.\u00a0 When I opened the door, there stood a young woman with a little boy.\u00a0 She said her name was Celeste and her little boys name was Joe.\u00a0 She didn’t have anywhere to go because her family had thrown her out that evening and she wondered if maybe I had a job she could do to pay for a room tonight and some food for her and Joe.<\/p>\n
This is a 17 year old young woman with a 15 month old beautiful little boy.\u00a0 I invited her in and got her and Joe something to eat.\u00a0 I sat with her and talked to see what I was dealing with here.\u00a0 I sure didn’t need a teenager that was on drugs here but I didn’t see any signs of anything like that.\u00a0 All I saw that she had a bruise across her cheek that she had tried to hide with makeup but didn’t do a very good job of it.<\/p>\n
She said her father was bad to get drunk and take everything out on her and her mother and she just couldn’t take it anymore.\u00a0 He had gotten angry about nothing and threw her out.\u00a0 She said she was still in high school and had someone that kept Joe for her to be able to go to school.\u00a0 She really wanted to stay around here so she could finish school and then hopefully go to college so she could take care of Joe and herself.<\/p>\n
My heart almost broke as I listened to this beautiful young woman talk.\u00a0 I made a deal with her.\u00a0 I told her that she could clean the rooms and help with the other chores around there and she would have a place to live as long as she stayed in school and took care of her son herself.\u00a0 No male visitors to her room and no drugs or drinking.\u00a0 When I saw the tears swelling up in her eyes, I knew this was not a bad kid.\u00a0 Just a kid that had made a few mistakes and was trying to do right by them.\u00a0 I guess I now have somewhat of a daughter and grandson if all works out like I think it will.\u00a0 I’ll keep you posted on how it goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Late Friday night, there was a knock on my door.\u00a0 When I opened the door, there stood a young woman with a little boy.\u00a0 She said her name was Celeste and her little boys name was Joe.\u00a0 She didn’t have anywhere to go because her family had thrown her out that evening and she wondered … <\/p>\n