Thumbing for the Holidays
December 2017 | Issue Title Here

Thumbing for the Holidays

Broke and lonely, a newcomer looking to do service hits the road and gets an unexpected surprise

It was a cold and snowy Christmas morning when I awoke in my friend’s apartment. She had flown to California and asked me to house-sit for two weeks and feed her cat. I had been sober for barely two weeks. I was grateful because I had been “sofa surfing” since my car had been repossessed and was no longer available to provide sleeping accommodations.

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