Our House e-newsletter December 2013 | Page 8

I was sitting a few chairs down from the little girl and her mom, but I was close enough to overhear a conversation between and another girl, a few years older than her, who was home from school with a cold. “Did you see that thing they’re building? I know what it is!” “What?” The nine-year-old asked. “It’s a building just for us. They’re making it just for us. And there’s going to be music and art and reading.” “ Left: Board member Drew Weber reads his Our House wish to the Our House Community Council before adding it to the wall of wishes written by our kids, parents, staff, & supporters. Like many others, his wish for Our House’s future is that our society’s negative, stereotypical view of homeless