Last weekend I brought another delivery of diaper donations to one of the partner agencies of Help a Mother Out. I also met Mark Horvath for the first time.
The story is over on the HAMO site: Equal Opportunity Homelessness.
“He is happy to have me here, to have someone from the outside world take an interest in this community, someone who will surely talk about it on the internet. Indeed, he’s already Twit-pic’ed me standing in front of the cots at the armory. I am embarrassed by the photo, in which I am smiling far too widely, as if to say “Look how much fun I’m having at the homeless shelter!” In truth, it’s just that I am a ham who reacts like a trained dog when a camera lens is pointed at me. Or maybe I’m smiling so hard to ward off the sadness, the awkwardness I feel when I meet their eyes.”
[photo of Mark Horvath by Chris Walter]
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