Joe & Sarah came to The Jolly Roger to watch the Thanksgiving Day Cowboys/Saints game. Sarah was at an impasse because she was torn between eating dinner with her best friend's family and spending time with her mountain man. By the time I met her, however, she was absolutely schloshed on gin. "I bosched it!" she sadly repeated each time she received a disapproving text. Joe kept coddling her telling everyone within earshot that she "is the most beautiful woman in Portland". Head over heels for her, he was, but they're relationship was platonic.
Sarah & Joe had both been homeless at various points in their lives. They both have roofs now, but were deeply dismayed by the lacking availability of shelter for homeless families. According to Joe, perpetually homeless parents, including those hard-working folks down on their luck, are often forced to enter their children in Foster care to provide a semblance of stability. Their sentiment was heartfelt; they disagreed that children should be separated from their parents, simply due to a lack of essential services. Portland Homeless Family Solutions is one of the few nonprofits addressing the problem, but overall. the problem has gone by more or less unaddressed.
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