“She thought it was a good idea that we spend forty hours at a homeless shelter for women and children. Why? I didn’t know, but our parents thought it was a wonderful idea, too. The next four Saturdays and Sundays of our lives would be dedicated to working in a food kitchen, reading books to little homeless children and performing odd jobs as needed.Plastic yellow gloves on my hands and a bandanna on my head, I swung the handle of the mop across the wooden floor in one swoop. The bathroom smelle...d like pee as I mopped the floor around the toilets. Jade, wearing similar plastic gloves, poured Pine-Sol onto the countertops and wiped them down with an old rag. After mopping and cleaning the bathrooms, we washed our hands and headed downstairs to the kitchen to serve lunch.I tied an apron around my waist and stood behind the mashed potatoes. A plastic serving spoon in hand, I plopped mashed potatoes onto the plate of each person who passed through the line. Their faces looked so sad, especially those of the children.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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