Y’all! I hit the JACKPOT at Room in the Inn last night.
It was a last-minute decision. I’d planned to spend last night at the Union Mission. But then I thought, why not at least try to avoid the $6 Mission cover charge and its evening chapel service? So I walked up to RITI headquarters at First Pres on Poplar and threw my name into the lottery for a free night’s lodging at one of the participating partner churches.
My name got called for Emmanuel United Methodist in Germantown. I boarded a bus with 13 others and we hit the road out there. Church volunteers served us a delicious dinner of hamburger steak with onion gravy, roasted potatoes and carrots, green beans, cupcakes, and ice cream.
After dinner I glanced over at the church’s clothes closet and realized I had a need. I’m grateful for the fabric tennis shoes a Mission pastor gave me back in October, but they’ve been a poor fit for my feet. I’d nearly walk out of them on inclines and uneven surfaces. They’d come close to making me fall several times.
So I asked the lady at the clothes closet desk, “Do you have any size 10s, preferably ones that don’t have laces?”
She handed me a brand-new pair of gray Skechers slip-ons, firmly built and as much padding as anything in Nike’s Air Max line. I tried them on. Perfect fit!
After the bus dropped us off this morning, I walked around Downtown for an hour in my new shoes. I was so much more steady and confident on my feet!
THANK YOU Emmanuel UMC and RITI!
WREG stopped by Sabor Caribe last night to get Venezuelans’ reactions to the Trumpster-ordered U.S. military capture of their president.
Blood donors are needed in Memphis, particularly type O.
Today is National Spaghetti Day.
LeBron and the Lakers host the Grizzlies again tonight at 8:30. TV: FanDuel Sports
The Magic of Motown comes to the Cannon Center Saturday evening.
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