Hope House

I went to the Hope House for the second time today, Nov. 5. Penny was home taking care of her sick son. Tony most likely had a respertory infection. Penny said it was caused from running around outside without a coat....that's what boys do, huh? Everyone was pretty melo and we were watching Home Alone 2. Ab, was a new guest that I had met today. He made a lot of comments and referances to drugs, which upset me a bit. Mostly because Tony is not very old and even though he seems to already know too much about drugs ect. I don't feel that he needs anymore reference in his life. I also met Ron today. He and I had a long conversation about a lot of different aspects of life. He has really gone through alot of hard times. We discussed the health of our families- where sadly cancer was common. We discussed our own health and past history. Ron once had 4 surgeries in one week! So he is glad to be here and well. I was really impressed with him because he does physical labor in order to make money, so for a man who hasn't had the best health it's great news. I helped Penny set the table for dinner. All together there was going to be 16 people for dinner. I think that it is awesome that the Hope House is able to provide that meal for so many people. Penny was in charge while I was there because none of the workers where going to be home until 5 this evening. As I was leaving, others began to show up for dinner. I thought this was funny, so I thought I would share. One gentleman walked in and asked if the clocks were right. Penny nodded, and he disagreed that it was an hour later. For the past two days his clock was wrong- he forgot to set it back. We all had a good laugh.