So, yesterday was basically awesome. I woke up to my mom wanting me to help her with a conference call because her computer crashed and she was using a computer with Ubuntu, and didn't know how to work it. I noticed quickly that I had two missed calls and a text message. After helping my mom with what she needed, I headed by to my room to check the calls and the messages.
Lo and behold it was one of my amazing friends who was having housing issues. Her friend who owns a house and was letting her live there is getting married in about two weeks, so she had to move out. A friend of mine was letting her crash on her couch while she was in between housing situations. This past week my parents offered her a place to stay for a certain amount of rent. She had decided on staying at my friend's house, which was perfectly fine by me.
Her text said, "Hannah, when you wake up, please call me. It's an emergency." I immediately called her, the good friend I am. She had gotten kicked out of my friends house by the wronchy landlady. So, she had nowhere to go. All of her family is down south, and she asked if she could have somewhere to stay. Our housing situation is such that she and I have to share a room for about a month. I'm sure she probably minds. But she's being exceptionally wonderful about it. I feel bad that I can't offer her a clean house and a room of her own for a little while. I'm working on it. My parents are absolutely incredible for opening their doors to a complete stranger to them, but such a wonderful friend to me. Okay, not a complete stranger. They've met her before. But only briefly.
I feel bad that instead of helping her move in yesterday I had to spend the day organizing my things so she would be able to take half of my room. I know it's not enough space for her. But it's all I can do for the next month, or however long it takes my brother-in-law to move out. I hope it's no longer than that.
After she moved in, we sat in our room and talked. It was so nice to have someone that I could do that with. She is seriously the most amazing person I have ever met in my life. She's been through so much, and yet she is so full of love for everyone and everything. Honestly, I hope I can pick up some of her amazing awesomeness while she lives here.
I'm very grateful to Heavenly Father to place me in her life at this time so that I can help her. It sounds kinda selfish, but without her being in this situation, I wouldn't be able to offer my services in this way to someone. I'd probably be terrified to do it as an adult. And now, my parents show me the most charity I have ever seen in my life. I love my family. I don't even mind that she comes in at 4 am and gets up for work before I can even think straight. She's absolutely incredible. No words can describe how wonderful she is.
I hope I can learn to be half as amazing as she is.
Oh, and today, I was telling a good friend of mine how she and I are literally sharing a room. I was disappointed for the first question out of her mouth was, "Is she paying rent? How much?" I mean, seriously. She didn't have anywhere to go. I'm not going to turn her away because she can't afford your $350 a month rent, car payment, and gas. I'm not going to be snotty because she doesn't have family financial support like you do. I'm not going to turn her away if she can't pay rent. But that's NOT your business in the first place. So I answered her questions by saying that was between my parents and her. If she wants to tell them, that's fine. I won't tell them. I don't think it's their business.
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