Cashier Laughed At Old Woman Counting Pennies So I Did Something That Got Me Arrested

She’d been living on Social Security. $1,247 a month. Her rent was $950. That left her less than $300 for food, medicine, utilities, everything else. She’d been slowly starving for months.

“I used to eat two meals a day,” she told me as we walked through the aisles. “Then I went down to one. Now sometimes I don’t eat at all. I give my food to my cat. Misha is all I have left. I can’t let her starve.”

My heart was breaking. This woman had survived the worst humanity had to offer. Had rebuilt her life. Had worked and loved and raised a family. And now, at eighty-three, she was starving herself to feed her cat.

“Eva, I’m going to fill this cart,” I told her. “You’re going to tell me everything you need. Food for you and food for Misha. And you’re not going to argue with me.”Continue reading…