more on life in kensington:

i work 40 yards from the allegheny stop on the blue line.
today at noon a man was stabbed on the westbound train platform. he was sent to temple hosp and in critical care.

i can see the station and the trains from my 6th floor window. when i take the train home, which i usually do, though today was an exception, i wait at that platform.

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this morning i walked into devotions 5 minutes late. berry was sharing her story of grace, and also that she's leaving esperanza for another position closer to home, to avoid her 2 hour commute and to spend more time with her children. it was a difficult decision. and when i walked into the room half the people were crying.
one of those devotional days.
anyway, i only caught the last bit, but she shared the difficulties of commuting and returning home to her hungry children. and witnessing things such as an accident on the freeway 3 cars ahead of her, and knowing that it could have been her, had it not been for God's grace.
i remember that day when she came to work. she seemed a little in shock, but i didn't realize it had impacted her so much.
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there is tragedy all around. but really it's grace that sustains me.