One afternoon while I was painting the house, I heard from a distance the brakes slightly screech as they came to a gradual halt a couple houses down and some young kids walked down the bus steps onto a sidewalk that passed by my house.
As they were walking by, one of the kids said “What are you doing?” I replied, ” I’m doing a little painting, how was school?”
He came running over to me and said “School was okay …. is that fun?” I replied ” I think it’s fun. Do you want to give it a try?”
He said “Yeah!” So I told him “Okay little buddy, I will go get you a brush and while I’m doing that, go make sure it’s okay with your parents”.
He hurried back after asking and we painted the house for a few hours he confessed to me that his parents didn’t care what he did and that the only thing he looked forward to at school was to eat lunch because they didn’t have any food at home.
So I packed him a box full of everything I had at the house to take back home so he and his brothers wouldn’t go hungry that night and I told him “If you ever need anything, don’t hesitate to come by and ask little man.”
As I watched him walk away with that box full of food, I came to the conclusion …. that every child deserves a parent but not every parent deserves a child.
Credit – original owner ( respect 🫡)