Giving to homeless shelters is an excellent thing, and I think it does do good, actual good.

... I think, now--these thoughts are always evolving and subject to change! maybe even during the course of this conversation!--that giving in person does actual good too, like your story shows. I feel like the older guy, and your cousin, and you, and me (because I participate by reading) are all saved a little by your giving. "Saved" in what sense, I don't know. I don't mean going-to-heaven saved. I think I mean, it's food for our hearts. We need those moments. That guy's hands, the fact that he called you Missy, the fct that you did the thing.

Thanks for sharing.