Dear Anonymous,
He loves the handknit hat. This one from a friend of Dear Anonymous in Massachusetts. She's 82 years old.
He avoids the resource center crowd. Too triggering for him. Too much access to drugs. And anger. And behaviours that sideline him.
He comes up to tell me The Rose Man is headed out of town today. Florida maybe, or Las Vegas he can't remember. Can't handle the cold.
'Maybe he can get a regular job. Maybe it will be easier to get a place to live.'
Maybe.
Meanwhile he continues to hope for reconciliation and co-parenting with his wife and toddler.
"I didn't do so good with my older kids. I want this to work.'