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Dear Mr. Earley,
I find it shocking that this couple in Omaha are getting involved so heavily with Geraldine. (The elderly homeless woman described in last week’s blog.) They are putting themselves in grave danger without understanding the risks involved.
I made the mistake of befriending a polite young man of 18 who came from a broken home – abandoned by his mother at 6, raised by grandmother, but lived in a trashed out house with an alcoholic father who did not parent him.
I thought his issues were primarily caused by poverty. My wife and I treated him like he was a grandson, since we have no grandchildren. I helped him write a resume and get a real job. He ate at our table, and I took him on several vacation trips.
Bad idea.