Author Archives: Jamie Kocur

I love my couch. It’s soft, cozy, welcoming, and envelops me after a long, hard day.  But it’s given me a distorted view of poverty. I learned this when visiting several third-world countries. While there, I was privileged to visit … Read more

Canned green beans are squeaky. I learned this the week that my soon to be husband, Drew, and I, embraced the Food Stamp Challenge week.  The challenge is simple: live off the $21 a week food budget that people on … Read more

I have a desire to reach out to the homeless. I just don’t know how. Being a skinny white girl, the typical grungy, disheveled homeless man makes me very nervous. There’s a fine line between reaching out and having safe, … Read more

Last year, in my job at a retirement community, I had the task of helping throw two birthday parties. One party was for a sweet man in a scooter with a tuft of white hair still on the top of … Read more