Strangers Gave Me Christmas Hope

I rent a small bedroom in a family's house. They were kind enough to let me stay because the rent is affordable,

and I truly had nowhere else to go. If they had not opened their home

to me, I do not know where I would be right now. Their house is very

big. They have many children, including two they adopted. I mostly keep to

myself and try not to be in the way. I am grateful just to have a door I can close and a

bed to sleep in. A few days ago, the parents came to talk to me. They asked if on

Christmas Day I could leave the house until 8 pm because they wanted it to be family

time only. I told them it was no problem, because I did not want to cause any