I would hear many...

stories from the homeless patients that vary from drug abuse and family death to job searching and emotional pain. As they are sitting in the patient chair, many of them really opened up to us about their past and what has happened in their lives. There was one man who had a glass eye as a result of a knife fight and was sent to jail even though he says that it was for something that he didn’t do. Normally, this would be considered a bad thing, but he praises God for this. I was surprised at first but he then proceeded to explain that this helped to set him straight again. At first he thought it was a bad thing but realized that he would never have quit doing drugs if he wasn’t sent to prison. He praises God through his difficult times, and he truly was an inspiration to me as I was listening to him tell me about his life. Whatever situation we are in and no matter how hard, I learned and believe that many things we go through are for the better, and we grow as individuals as life's experiences take us down bumpy roads.

-Duc Lam