It’s the last Friday of the month, which means I’m back with another We Are The World Blogfest post! This month I stumbled across a post that was dated from 2018, but it still absolutely warmed my heart.
The woman in the post talks about how she runs what she refers to as an “anarchist co-op coffee shop” (more on that later), and that several of the homeless kids in the area knew that she would slip them free food and things to them when they came by.
Most would think the story ends there, but this gets even more heartwarming.
The kids go out of their way to help her out. They organized to make sure that at least one of them stayed with her all night when she had a late night shift by herself. And then another time, they —
Well, you’ll just have to read for yourself…

Isn’t that just so great? Now it gets even better.
A friend of mine is the one who brought my attention to this post. He explained that he knew the woman personally and that she was the sweetest woman he knew. The coffee shop was joint owned, so there was no top-down hierarchy for the store. Each of the owners put in an equal amount of work into the shop, and each split the profits.
So that’s why the woman in the post never got in trouble. She was one of the owners so she helped make the rules.
Isn’t that fantastic? I wish more places could do this sort of thing to help out homeless kids in their neighborhoods. I hope you enjoyed this post! Be sure to check out the other heartwarming stories on today’s blog hop.
Aw, so sweet.:-) I love that the woman’s kindness, in a way, came back to her.
Fantastic post, kindness rules! Thanks so much for sharing this and for being a part of #WATWB! 🙂
This is what being human is all about! Thanks for this heartwarming post, Marlena.
Hi Marlena – exactly as Damyanti says .. this is what being human is about – what a wonderful place to know about and how amazing are all those people are … so heart-warming – thank you – Hilary