tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post8589927556020290727..comments2023-10-19T02:23:34.131-07:00Comments on ZONE FAMILY: Homelessness: Questions & AnswersAllyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264625893829690986noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post-3984948066074078882007-11-19T15:50:00.000-08:002007-11-19T15:50:00.000-08:00From New York to New Orleans we've got to make a c...From New York to New Orleans we've got to make a change...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post-1038664099652095342007-10-01T11:21:00.000-07:002007-10-01T11:21:00.000-07:00Great questions posed to an apparently great perso...Great questions posed to an apparently great person. :)<BR/><BR/>I firmly believe that dialogue forms beliefs from which action will flow. Thank you for encouraging that dialogue and getting people thinking. <BR/><BR/>Eugene has many many more homeless people (or maybe they are just more obvious) than Nampa/Boise or Walla Walla/Pendleton. Living in this new environment in which homelessness is more visible (one or more homeless people at nearly every major intersection) makes one think. How can I help? What needs to change in the system? How should I think of these people? And all the other great questions you posted. Thanks. I'm looking forward to post #2. You will let us know when it is available, right!? :)Kendra Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16694042484633723246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post-75831194346509213652007-09-22T19:12:00.000-07:002007-09-22T19:12:00.000-07:00homelessness is something that surrounds me and co...homelessness is something that surrounds me and confounds me daily. I am paralyzed when I try to do something about it. The intense urge to help the person in front of you who finally displays so much need that your jaded shield falters makes it even more confusing as to how to help. It's not my immediate priority, but it is devastating to realize how little you can do for the person who is truly lost and sick and in such dire straits. I'm glad you started a dialogue. Maybe it will get me turned around enough to see that starting with the people you CAN help is at least starting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post-5187814147743519882007-09-21T16:29:00.000-07:002007-09-21T16:29:00.000-07:00Thank you for asking her to write it, it was great...Thank you for asking her to write it, it was great.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>JOhTheJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031731198115388411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post-12854432631127273682007-09-21T15:54:00.000-07:002007-09-21T15:54:00.000-07:00Ally- This is so weird! I just came over here aft...Ally- This is so weird! I just came over here after publishing a post that deals with this very issue! I look forward to checking out what Jen has to say. Thanks for this!<BR/><BR/>-LoriLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528541804521203406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post-59875431370928761322007-09-21T15:37:00.000-07:002007-09-21T15:37:00.000-07:00Thanks for this. These are questions that inevitab...Thanks for this. These are questions that inevitably come up and as a parent you want to be so careful about how you answer and want to make sure your child knows empathy and compassion for those less fortunate.<BR/><BR/>You're an inspiration Ally - as always and thanks to Jen too!Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01504441297464745715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post-31356191385486736602007-09-21T14:19:00.000-07:002007-09-21T14:19:00.000-07:00perhaps, i've totally lost my mind...but i swear i...perhaps, i've totally lost my mind...but i swear i commented on this post..i really did, but now it's gone. weird. <BR/><BR/>i echo all those before me..so thought provoking and action oriented, that's why i love you!bgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03574040553341786472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post-63213107530133363742007-09-21T06:19:00.000-07:002007-09-21T06:19:00.000-07:00That was a really good post by Jen.. and one of th...That was a really good post by Jen.. and one of the best things about it is that she showed (reading between the lines) how social choices lead to homelessness. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad she addressed it so thoroughly because there are too many people scratching only the surface. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad you asked it.. because it all leads to further education for all of us. :)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Peace, <BR/><BR/>~Chani<BR/>http://thailandgal.blogspot.comthailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post-74828339743343930032007-09-20T11:03:00.000-07:002007-09-20T11:03:00.000-07:00I'm glad you asked that...and glad she answered.I'm glad you asked that...and glad she answered.Julie Pipperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post-30538766005905622502007-09-20T10:39:00.000-07:002007-09-20T10:39:00.000-07:00i loved jen's post (thanks for asking the question...i loved jen's post (thanks for asking the questions that got her going!) and I love your kids questions. I hate that we live in a world where they have to ask them, but they are so, so sweet, this wanting to take care of the people they see. Nurture that, and as jen says, teach them compassion instead of fear. Just think of the amazing things you can do together with that kind of compassion.painted maypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446625015003854710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post-78270661437433399142007-09-20T08:30:00.000-07:002007-09-20T08:30:00.000-07:00Great post and excellent suggestions. I find it di...Great post and excellent suggestions. I find it difficult to expose my children to poverty because we live in such a "comfortable" suburban neighborhood. I plan to search for the local food bank to see if we can volunteer. I'm sure there are people in need; they just aren't right there in front of our faces. Unfortunately this makes it too easy to be complacent and negligent of our responsibilities to take care of others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post-66964122358807420092007-09-20T08:00:00.000-07:002007-09-20T08:00:00.000-07:00What a great post. It's so important to talk about...What a great post. It's so important to talk about these things with our kids while they're young. The elementary teacher in me can't resist recommending a powerful children's book called Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting (NOT to be confused with the movie by the same name about the girl who flies alongside geese in her airplane!). This book is about a young boy and his father who are homeless and live as unobtrusively as possible in an airport, because "anything's better than living on the street." The book is geared for ages 5-9 or so and should lead to some great discussions with your child. (This comment cross-posted on Jen's blog)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post-17277556101063350892007-09-19T21:31:00.000-07:002007-09-19T21:31:00.000-07:00You rock, Jen. Can't wait for #2. Ha, that just ...You rock, Jen. Can't wait for #2. Ha, that just cracked me up. No, I'm not constipated.Allyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15264625893829690986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post-6362551344650005822007-09-19T21:28:00.000-07:002007-09-19T21:28:00.000-07:00so glad you posed the questions and so glad Jen wr...so glad you posed the questions and so glad Jen wrote the postSeattle Mamacitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05311337311016986983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post-66608551594954673322007-09-19T20:17:00.000-07:002007-09-19T20:17:00.000-07:00i'm working on #2 now...stay tuned.and thank you.i'm working on #2 now...stay tuned.<BR/><BR/>and thank you.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33382445.post-55724021789785209332007-09-19T19:28:00.000-07:002007-09-19T19:28:00.000-07:00I'm so glad you asked her the questions you did! ...I'm so glad you asked her the questions you did! Thank you!Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.com