God's story, your life.

Unfolding short stories.

Well, my name is Michelle Altman.

I am from Chicago originally, and my mom was the most loving woman that I do.

And she just loved Jesus, right?

And so she instilled in me the importance of keeping God and everything.

Unfortunately, she died when I was nine years old.

My mom died the day after she had my youngest brother.

I was told I had to pick up learning how to do the daily chores of the house, helping with the baby. And, you know, as time went on, I was just so upset and angry about all of the responsibilities that I had.

And I remember I took a walk.

I just walked for a very long time.

I wanted to get away, get out the house.

And while I was taking that walk, I passed a set of railroad tracks.

And by those railroad tracks, there was a homeless woman.

And I felt led to ask her, you know, what she needed.

And she said, baby, I'm hungry.

And so I remember I ran home as fast as I could, and I made these sandwiches and packed this bag for whatever I thought that she would like.

And I took it back to her. And, you know,

I remember eating a sandwich with her. And I asked her what else she needed. And I remember her

chuckling. And she's like, girl, what could you really do for me? And I said, I don't know, but I feel

like I'm supposed to ask. And she said, well,

I don't have a place to lay my head. I'm homeless. And so I ran home again as fast as I could.

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