01 dec | never look down on / anyone unless you help / them rise up again © spb
02 dec | he slept on the cold / park bench — huddled, shivering — / dreaming Christmas trees © spb
03 dec | hats for the homeless / not knitted for the headless / nor for the heedless © spb
04 dec | each child waits to play / peek-a-boo with Missus Claus / we all dream of home © spb
05 dec | little child in blue — let us fill your heart with cheer / and your cart with goods © spb
06 dec | how can I help you? / what do you want for Christmas? / how about a bed? © spb
07 dec | warm winter wishes / reads the sign by the hatless / man the other passed © spb
08 dec | a cup of friendship / brings on a couple of smiles / and warms untold hearts © spb
09 dec | we sit in silent / wonder, witnessing hope shine / from a golden star © spb
10 dec | ready to shine shoes / ready to share light with you / ready to receive © spb
11 dec | mothers and children / without fathers, without friends / still need inclusion © spb
12 dec | under a blanket / of snow, wrapped in brilliant blue / matching hat and shoes © spb
13 dec | open today for / the homeless and those in need / so they too may eat © spb
14 dec | some sit in silence / on cardboard between windows / waiting for the light © spb
15 dec | some become humbled / by hands extended, by gifts / of recognition / © spb
16 dec | Santa lost his way / and all eight tiny reindeer / only one dog left © spb
17 dec | how can we comfort / homeless children: lock them up? / or feed and clothe them © spb
18 dec | another lost child / huddled by a wooden fence / imagining elves © spb
19 dec | homeless and hungry / she asks for help and gives us / her determined gaze © spb
20 dec | cradled by cement / the child hopes to wake to find / a bed, not a bear © spb
21 dec | sometimes longest days / fill with gifts of seasonal / warmth, light, and kindness © spb
22 dec | there are some homeless / with odd senses of humor / may we laugh with them © spb
23 dec | one face on the street / freely offers us his clear / unabashed kindness © spb
24 dec | it’s just too simple / to miss the eyes of homeless / if you do not look © spb
25 dec | gifts like gratitude / move with us throughout the year / wherever we go © spb
