Lessons from the Tuesday Kitchen - Lesson 5

You have to have a laugh.

Here is a conversation which took place this week:

Mark : I can't believe it. Our case worker has refused to come round any more. What use is that?
Lindy: Yeah - it's made life really difficult. They should be helping us.
Me: So why has she done that.
Mark: It's only because I've got a gun. Well, it's only a .22 - it'll hurt you but it won't kill.
Nick:Hey Rob. Did I shoot you with a .22?
Rob: (Pauses while he thinks!) Yeah! (Carries on eating)

Nick was in a much better state this week. He came to us last week in the depths of the snow and cold spell, sleeping rough without a sleeping bag or covering having come out of prison with nothing. He was in a bad way. Very cold, very hungry and very down. We kitted him out with some stuff including an Army surplus sleeping bag which did the trick. So it was good to see that he survived the week and is taking a step back towards getting sorted and a bit more of a smile on his face.