Wonderful stories to pass along. I can relate to 'both' actually having been homeless twice in life; once as a child and another as an adult. Fortunately my plight both times were short lived (months, not years) As far as 'heat' is concerned, I've spent many winter months without enough money to buy heating oil, especially when it got up to $6.00 per gallon. Though I am much better off today than in the past fortunately.

There exists a lot of homeless people in this country, with 'many more' just a hairs breath away from being homeless as well.