I recently read a book called ‘An Invisible Thread’ by Laura Schroff. The story is about a New York sales executive (the story-teller, Laura Schroff), who walked past a panhandler, a young African American boy and, as is the custom of most city dwellers, ignored him. Something in her prompted her to go back and take him to lunch. The boy’s name was Maurice and his life story is not unlike many others on the streets, that is, peppered with hardship, drugs and poverty. An unlikely friendship began, and continued into his adulthood, changing his world and hers. I think what caught my imagination about this story is that I can relate to a person walking through a city street, noticing a panhandler and walking on. What is particularly moving about
