
01/29/2025
HOMELESS MAN ASKED ME TO TAKE HIS DOG – A MONTH LATER, I RECEIVED A MYSTERIOUS LETTER
I was leaving the grocery store with my 8-year-old son, Liam. It had been a tough year since my husband passed—grief, single parenting, and sheer exhaustion weighed me down.
While loading the car, I noticed a man sitting by the edge of the parking lot. He was huddled under a tattered blanket, his face red from the cold. Next to him sat a dog—a scruffy little mutt, visibly shivering. As we were going to leave, the man stood up and approached us. My heart jumped—I wasn't sure what he wanted.
"Ma'am," he said in a hoarse voice, "I'm sorry to bother you,