Our House e-newsletter September & October 2012 | Page 14

Georgia Mjartan
There is a little flagstone path leading from the top of
the hill down to the Shelter. I remember when Corey
built it. He had been a resident, had come up through
our job training program, and was now leading a team
of VISTA members responsible for campus improvement.
Together, they set the concrete, laid the stone, and
planted bushes along either side. It is a beautiful, simple
little trail.
Every night, I watch a dozen or so cars drive up the hill.
People just off work unload their vehicles, big pots of
food in hand. They walk down that trail to the Shelter
where they are going to serve a meal to the homeless.
Usually the people who come to live at Our House do
not have cars. The ones who do are lucky. Not long ago,
ago, I stood at the top of that hill with a mom and her