Homeless woman died shortly after this interview. Her death could have been avoided.
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- Опубликовано: 8 апр 2013
- ***This interview was taped April 6th. Catherine died sleeping outside homeless and alone on April 30th.
Catherine's story hits close to home in several ways. I know Catherine. We've been friends for over four years now. It's always broken my heart that she is out on the streets, and it's extremely frustrating she was housed and then kicked back out onto the streets for smoking cigarettes. But what really bothers me is that her only hope to get off the streets is having her hips operated on so then she can just die in a board and care facility.
Catherine was an RN. Because of a bad marriage and lack of jobs, she found herself trying to survive on welfare. GR, or general relief, barely pays for food much less housing, so she ended up in a homeless shelter.
I first met Catherine while I was working at a winter shelter four years ago. She is brutally honest, and I like people that "tell it like it is"! Catherine is one of those people who just slipped through what we call "gaps in the safety net".
A former outreach partner of mine worked very hard to get Catherine into housing. That alone was nothing short of a miracle since Catherine keeps getting turned down by SSI. She was housed by a partner agency and all seemed to be going good. I wish I had a photo of her apartment to show you. Not sure where Catherine found everything, but she decked her apartment out good! She made it a home!
Then the building owner sold the building and everyone had to move. This partner agency relocated Catherine in to a nonsmoking building, which is kind of dumb since Catherine is a long-term smoker, and quitting smoking is harder than quitting heron. Let's be real here, homeless people smoke, so housing a homeless person that smokes in a nonsmoking building is "dumb in a no dumb zone". I remember the day Catherine was placed back out into the streets. She left all the cool stuff she acquired to make a home and just walked out. And people wonder why some homeless people have attitudes. For all she has been through, Catherine has earned a lot of grace.
For a while she stayed in a temporary shelter, and then was transferred to the winter shelter, and now she sleeps outside! SHE SLEEPS OUTSIDE!
Truth is, Catherine should not be homeless. It's just ridiculous that she was housed in an apartment that clearly didn't fit her needs. Just like in so many other people's situations, the "system" failed.
It is completely unacceptable that people like Catherine, and there are many, go through the homeless services system over and over and over just to return to the streets! It is completely unacceptable that Catherine's only hope now is to have a major surgery so she can be placed in a nursing home! It is completely unacceptable that several homeless service agencies have given up on Catherine!
Please share Catherine's powerful story with everyone you know. My hope is that somehow this video will get seen by the right people who will take action to help fix the broken homeless services system. While we say "whatever it takes", the real truth is people just like Catherine die on the streets everyday! With the boomer generation reaching the senior years we are going to see a lot more people like Catherine living without adequate housing and support. If we cannot take care of one senior woman in fifteen years time we're in a whole lot of trouble next few years.Distributed by OneLoad.com
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You can tell she is tired of living
me too. Life is for sociopaths. If you have a brain and empathy, this world is a hellhole
That's a lot of people. I'm one of them. I can't deal with life anymore. Nobody cares about or listens to me when I talk. I'm just ignored and it is crystal clear that I don't matter to anyone.
Me too. I'm just not made for this life...
All of your comments remind me of the famous quote by Jiddu Krishnamurti. It goes like this, "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted in a profoundly sick society". I have some experience of helping homeless people and I can honestly say that the more empathetic and enlightened a person is as a human being the higher the chance that s/he will be discarded by society. Probably because enlightened empathetic people do not possess the capacity to play the game that society deems necessary for survival.
Anyone reading this....Do not give up on life! You are worth living! You have purpose and meaning! Pray for guidance and for your purpose to be shown. But please do not give up! Blessings!
These videos are immortalizing these otherwise forgotten people.
She’s been dead for 6 years and I’m just seeing this in 2020.
7 years
Same here. It's heart breaking. God bless her soul.
Yea..me too..I'm just seeing today in 2020.
heart breaking...
RIP 🙏🙏🙏
Same here to
Same here
She just looks depleted and defeated! Please everyone be kind to those less fortunate! God Bless you all!!
Meanwhile billionaires have enough $$$ to live 500+years nonstop at $5k++ a day. While the USA enslaves, indoctrinates, and dumbs-down its own people. Using them as livestock, or lower.
@@user-gz4ve8mw9l it's called being the "sheep"
Wait, shes got kids? Why arent they taking her in?? Id rather die then let my mother live on the streets. And i seriously mean that
If shes been on the streets 16 years.. she looks around 50 so her kids may have been too young to do anything about it. She also mentioned bad marriage.. the father could have got full custody and moved... shes been moving shelter to shelter.. maybe they couldnt find her either. I know parent neglect is common but i would like to believe the kids loved her
@@NIKUK84 Yeah that's true God willing shes at peace now
She is probably an ungrateful person who won't contribute or follow rules of the people trying to help them. I seriously doubt her kids haven't tried to help her. You cannot help stubborn people who won't help themselves. I know a lot of people in situations like this because they REFUSE to get along or respect the people who try to help them and it becomes impossible to help them because they won't help themselves or do their part to cooperate. I've tried helping many people just like this and they take advantage of people who pity them. Some people are toxic and reap what they sow. There are people who make a living conning others who feel sorry for them and use a sob story to milk sympathy just so they can take advantage. She admitted to efforts of assistance that she just complains about and sabotaged in order to smoke. Her family is probably tired of trying and being taken advantage of by an ungrateful person who won't contribute to their own recovery.
@@WeRNthisToGetHer honestly that's kind of the argument for christianity. God can only help someone if they admit they are flawed and accept help.
@@jellointhewind8712 Christianity as well any spiritual principle. Especially in recovery circles. Until you take responsibility for your OWN part you play in your problems no one can help you. God allows us to suffer the consequences of our wrong attitudes and actions to motivate us to change our ways. If you continually refuse to be honest with yourself and hang on to your stubborn pride instead of taking responsibility for your own life, you choose the consequences of your actions. God has infinite Grace and mercy but he's more worried about the state of your soul than your temporary physical comfort and convenience while on earth. If your not growing you are stagnant and dead and he will prune you out for the health of the rest of the vine.
She survived 16 yrs out there. This nightmare is finally over. RIP Catherine
Do you know how she passed?
@@terrysmith295 It's in the synopsis
Over for her maybe, very sad!!
But this is everyday life for thousands of people!!!! 🤬🤬🤬
Very sad. RIP
I'd rather die than be homeless. I am saving for euthanasia in switzerland.
Rest In Peace her soul. She look tired of life at that point. God bless everyone who sees this
@GET OOFED Im scared that they say I'm dead, but I come back from an undetected neuron, and my heart starts strong from an undetected weak heartbeat. Next thing I'm in a furnace screaming.
@@Kimmy-pw8tm i dont think that you have to worry about that lol
thank s
@@ricomotions5416 well, it has happened
Thank you.
The sad reality, everyone cares when it's too late.
Not true
They cared the whole time, just stuck
Probably yeah, not everyone cares about it because not everyone doesn't have sympathy or empathy. No offense.
they don't care then either. if people cared, these things wouldn't be a reality. people mostly just like to feel good about themselves. they achieve that by making a caring comment thinking they made a difference. myself included unfortunately.
Many care at the right time as well. People have to look for help, accept it and some that are very unlucky need to put effort in.
Dear Catherine, I’m so sad this happened to you. RIP sweet lady!
She seemed to be very bright and clear headed. Someone like her being homeless shows that there is something really wrong in the system.
Don't blame the system first. Blame the family or children for not taking care of them.
That's a major understatement
Educated yes.
Mental issues, also yes.
@veronica carlson i am just making a general statement about public reaction, but not biased towards her case because I don't know her just as much as those commenting. I am just surprised that people always immediately blame the system/government before even considering the first line of defences which are the family, friends or even acquaintances nearby who chose to turn a blind eye to her. Many people like to make cheap insults against the system or hold others to high moral standards but are complacent themselves.
@Big Empty but, then it wasnt in walking distance of stores.
She probably wasn’t even very old actually. Just beat up from street living.
If she got a shower in the first time after a while she wouldn't look that old.
Vailix I don’t think that was it I think she might of had skin cancer since she was exposed to the sun a lot
Smoking cigarettes & UV damage definitely ages the skin. But that's clearly irrelevant to this woman's true suffering of living life on the streets.
@Deep Inside Woooow that's fucking heart breaking. She's younger than my mom but looks like she has 20 years on her
@Deep Inside really?She was 41?
She mentioned her children but never blamed them. Great soul. RIP.
She was so real. More than anyone I know personally. Is it weird to say I miss her when I don’t even know her?
Probably it's that we would have liked to hear from her again, that her story had a happier ending.
I believe is more than meets the eye for some reason I am an addict in recovery too many years now and I know when someone is using drugs. Maybe this was a way for her to alleviate the pain and whatever she was going through God Rest her soul in the name of Jesus Amen
@@yvetteriera1056 Hi😊 hope all is well. I was reading ppl comments, concerning Catherine and came across your.. I also made a comment, and in my comment I said she's with the LORD now.. Someone ask me how do I know she with the LORD? Because she said nothing about the LORD.. I would like to respond to the person; but I wants to respond in Godly love❤ what's your opinion from seeing this video? Because you mention Jesus Christ🙏🏽.. I'm thinking you probably can understand where I am coming from.. So I'll know how to give my answer back to the person.. Strolling down the comments the LORD, lead me to you.. If you don't mind can you help me? By giving your opinion to my question? I THANK YOU. I believe the LORD, is sending me to you, before I respond back.. Or the LORD, may not wants me to say anything.. Once again, thanks for giving me your opinion.. Yvette have a BLESSED day❤🙏🏽
Broken Bear, No that’s not weird; shows that you have a loving & compassionate heart. God bless you & that’s a good trait, so don’t ever lose that! Jesus loves that kind of heart!! 👏❤️
@@PatriciaR.E. thank you
So much hate & lack of compassion in the comment section, don't judge her as YOU have not walked in her shoes nor lived HER life.
Rest in Blissful Peace Catherine
Youre projecting your hate onto me
You are so right but she was an RN how did it get this bad!???
@caroline boetger
👍Awww God knows
@@grenadamyvarietyblogschann6998 stfu theres no god no heaven and hell is other people
hattie nuff so much ignorance , people feel they can judge someone in a situation they have NEVER experience themselves .
Her kids should be ashamad of there self. I could NEVER do my parents like that.
Nita Rae I agree whatever happened to kids helping their parents
@@goodra999 right
Nita Rae Addicts do things that get them put out the house. This lady had a Apartment and the only rule was no smoking inside...all she had to do was go outdoors to smoke. They do it to themselves 🤷🏻♂️
Her story is sad but just by listening to her speak tells me she probably isn't the easiest person to live with.
Perhaps they had to make a decision based on the safety and emotional well being of their children. Just the smoking thing alone, I would never want that around my children. I have a feeling she reeks of cig smoke like many smokers do. Want that around your baby, or even yourself? It’s a sad fact that many homeless people suffer from mental illnesses. Perhaps she isn’t safe to be around, isn’t able to get her pills easily or refuses to take any. I myself am bi-polar and I know I can’t maintain relationships well, even with my son and his family. There are so many holes in this story.
You know what I've noticed with so so many homeless, is they're just so grateful so thankful, for an honest friend and good company. They're not just destitute they are lonely for true companionship, friendship. Someone to love them and let them know you care. That makes their day.
to let them know they matter....
The best animal is one who was abandon or beaten,for him,you saved him,your god.Same for poor,lonely people.Everybody needs somebody to love.Sad story.
Those of us who have a good home, plenty of food, etc., have to realize how blessed we are.
My mother is an artist; Catherine had the kind of face my mother would've loved to paint. Her weathered face & sad eyes don't hide the fact she was once a beautiful young lady.
georgewu5 it would be so awesome if you could paint her portrait.. It could be sold at auction dinner to raise money for others in honner of her life.
Gysele~I agree. You described her perfectly....I am sure Jesus is still holding her in his comforting arms, never to suffer again.
Gysele van Santen-Tomlinson hmm
I'm sure that's what every old woman wants to hear. "You look like you were once a beautiful young lady".
Yes, what an awesomely beautiful woman! And that's aside from her obvious intelligence and spot-on articulation! Very authentic, deep thinking and deep feeling lady as well. You sure don't just come across this kind of Beauuutiful soul everyday..........
For all her faults she was still a human being. Her children should have helped her.
Charlie Brown
her kids should be ashamed at how they treated their mother !!! no matter what, you only get one mother in this life that's it.
Cynthia Kirkland true it's times like these, I'm glad my mom lives with me. :P
Charlie Brown
I'm always very suspicious of older people that don't have their children helping them out. It didn't happen by chance, most of the time. I think the parents need to take responsibility sometimes. Not everyone grows up with good parents.
DiDi whatever the circumstances were doesn't make this any less horrible. If you didn't have good parents that's unfortunate but that doesn't give you a license to treat your parents like crap. I know several people that had horrible parents but never let them effect their relationship esp. when they needed help. You only get one mom, good or bad she's still your mom.
I agree, my parents were atrocious and are now suffering in old age, without help from the children they wilfully neglected and abused.
she's an intelligent, attractive and educated woman. this is terrifying.
Yep...
She must be a bitch then...
@@williamkelly5689 why?
@@williamkelly5689 sad
Also a contributor to society through her working life and this was her payback. A damning condemnation of government, civil authority, society and family.
Shame on her children and family. She sound very sensible. She deserved better
@@MoCaineal That's my story to a T. :(
@@donnagagne3813 r.i.p.
@Wanderer - How sensible could the woman have been?? She was willing to lose her apartment because she couldn’t follow a simple rule. That’s IF she was being truthful about why she lost the place. You don’t know that her family didn’t try to help her. She was clearly either very stubborn or mentally ill if she refused to walk outside to have a smoke. Instead, she chose to lose a warm, tax paid apartment and be homeless 24/7??Clearly, she wasn’t playing with a full deck. Being a former RN, the woman could’ve been a drug addict. We don’t really know. But it’s probably not the best thing for grandchildren to see. Again, you don’t know that her children’s hearts aren’t broken because they couldn’t help her.
@Joshu William - Right?? Seriously! It’s not that I don’t feel bad for the woman. I do. But give me a break with this finger pointing at every homeless person’s family! I’d bet my last dollar that it WAS a relative who helped her get that apartment. And she blew it.
My sister is homeless, she's mentally ill, all of us are trying to help her. It's not as easy as it seems. Walk a mile in someone else's shoes. God bless this woman and rest her soul.
Family is the first to abandon you
John Quinn blood makes you related, loyalty and friendship make you a family
there’s a reason a saying “loyalty is royalty” exists
Family are POShits
A sad truth.
John Quinn -Sadly true😞
Absolutely the truth! This has been the soul crushing reality the past two years. Not everyone has loving family who can be loving and supportive.
She seemed like such a lovely woman... May her soul be always at peace...
Yes it sad,for Catherine do have die on the street, one day someone going to pay,
This video touched me most out of all the interviews you did. She deserves better. So shameful we are losing people like her to homelessness
Only those who are tired of this world understand how tired she is here
"What about your future?"
"What future?"
Damn.
;’(
welcome to our world
She had an apartment and would not give up the cigarettes! Such a Tragic situation! 😣
@@Chutney1luv Strip yourself of all your worldly possessions and rights, and throw in loss of faith, you end up with a book entitled "Good-bye, Cruel World". See how you would fare , when the last shred of dignity has been taken from you. You wouldn't last long without ANY support system.
@@Chutney1luv And you have ears and brains and still somehow refuse to use them.
I would never leave my mother or father in the street her kids should be ashamed of themselves .
shelly loved None of us know what she did to those kids.
Ashamed, oh hell, I hope this haunts thier rotton souls every single day they breathe.
shelly loved that’s exactly what I tell my two adult children , I’ve been living in my car for a year and a half. My kids never know if I’m dead or alive.
Twinkie Who said she did anything to her kids my kids have turned their back on me and I was a good mother they were not abuse they were not neglected they were loved and cared for had structure at everything they needed. There is not one single excuse in this world as to why my children are treating me the way they’re treating me right now don’t judge others and don’t make assumptions
And right before I became homeless I loaned each of my adult children 3000 each plus another 2000 to my son for medication do you think I got it back??? If I had I wouldn’t be homeless
St 1111 You showed them that you can’t set reasonable boundaries and that aren’t worthy of self-care. Why would they help you after being taught that? We always teach our children with every action we take. Trust me- I have a mentally ill child and have been through the absolute ringer with her so I get it on some level- but sometimes teaching her the right lesson has meant telling her I can’t be the one to help her and pushing to have her hospitalized. Sometimes that means NOT giving her what she wants but giving her what she needs.
This woman was given a place to live and refused to not smoke in there. Frankly, I wouldn’t bet on her and go out of my way for her. She isn’t willing to do the bare minimum to help herself.
I've watched several of these videos and am impressed at how each person is presented humanely with respect. I don't have money to send, but do have prayers. God bless us all
This woman had a great sense of humor for sure. She clearly lived a hard life, but it gave her some character. You can see it in how she speaks, how she acts, how she looks. But she accepted it and got through, and I hope in death she's found some measure of peace. Maybe if there's another life things will be better for her there.
Amen.
The deep depression is so painful...
How can you call a country "developed" when children don't take care of their parents. It is a shame!
It’s developed in terms of satanism
@@mathematicalninja2756 It breaks my heart.
@@Sarah-xi5rg Yeah, fear is being put in place instead of love. Ego is being fed instead of the real self.
@@mathematicalninja2756 the people who rule over this country understands no ones problems. Just how to make rich people's lives easier. They focus so much on money but it's never actually about the people in poverty. And they hate any "different" types of people whereas it's easy for them to also end up on poverty. American government would see this video and be like alright shes gonna die let me get back to doing nothing
agree
May her soul find the peace and rest she longed for.
Thank you for raising their struggles to our ears.
Death is a relief when you struggle for so long.
Living ruff life is to long. Image all ur dreams and plans in life gone and ur alone. Sad God bless this woman w a warm bed and someone who truly cares
That's so sad......
@@donaldbarnharti7288 SHE DIED!
@@alansmlth7989 😲
@caroline boetger THERE IS AN AFTERLIFE! WHEN A PERSON DIES THEY GO ONE OF TWO PLACES....HEAVEN OR HELL FOR ALL ETERNITY! GOD KNOWS A MAN'S HEART! WHEN A PERSON HAS MADE JESUS CHRIST THEIR PERSONAL LORD & SAVIOUR OF THEIR HEART & LIFE & ALWAYS HAS REPENTANT HEART BEFORE HIM, THEY HAVE MADE HEAVEN THEIR ETERNAL HOME & IT IS A RELIEF TO BE IN GLORY FOREVER; HOWEVER THE FLIPSIDE TO THIS COIN IS IF A PERSON HAS NOT MADE JESUS CHRIST THEIR PERSONAL LORD & SAVIOUR, IT IS THEN THAT THEY WILL NOT HAVE RELIEF & SATAN DRAGS THAT PERSON TO HELL WITH HIM INTO ETERNAL TORTURE FOREVER!
SAD BUT TRUE! JESUS LOVES YOU! MAKE JESUS CHRIST YOUR PERSONAL LORD & SAVIOUR OF YOUR HEART & LIFE WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME! MAKE HEAVEN YOUR ETERNAL HOME! TIME IS SHORT!
rip Catherine
you can tell she was a highly intelligent n very professional woman
Truth... 💯💯
Not really.
@@peter5336head, the likes on your comment are astounding . Hahahaha
Peter she was and is better than you
RIP sweetheart. The Lord has you now.. 🙏
@AVLRECORDS Then it's up to humans to care.
the lord? 😆
She was so sweet. I wanted to give her a huge hug while watching this video. May you be in peace.
Dear Catherine isn't homeless anymore. God bless her spirit.
if god gave a fuck shed still be alive
@Rietta Carson youre a schizophrenic
@@wenesdae
In life is a force of good and evil
@@grenadamyvarietyblogschann6998 wrong, there's no 'force' there is just cause and effect, and choice, if you are inclined to help people or you only care about yourself, its your own personal decision, evil is the ruthless deeds men do simply because they can, you need to see a psychiatrist
you need to learn how to deal with your psychosis
She's in a terrible situation and still wishes for world peace. Amazing person.
@Stock Name I agree with that. I mean she’s American, we all know that isn’t possible. Especially when the government is always sticking their nose in an even more messed up country than ours. This is sad asf though.
@Stock Name no, she was not being sarcástic. Ayer that, she began to cry...
Thought the same thing, I would’ve honestly thought about myself and something selfish
*what's your future like*
" What future."
Wow I feel for that woman😕
She was right... died 20 days later. Jesus
@@JimBob-vg2og She was ready to go.
@@Amanda..A She was NOT READY TO GO. She had given up on anything better. A feeling I completely understand but that is in no way the same as " ready to go ". More accurate would be relieved. Because living like that is HELL.
I am disabled, been so all my life but without the fortune of a diagnosis. Been homeless on and off for nearly half my life. 55 as of this post. Didn't even get a partial diagnosis till 53. Sure now I have been put up in a apartment. But the lifeline phone only works sometimes. I have gotten multiple eviction notices due to the state being late to pay bills. Same with electric bills. Right this moment I need minor surgery and have no way of getting to a clinic to have it done. 10 days till I get more food stamps but I'm already out of food for the month. Water in the building I am in is so toxic you can't drink or cook with it!
And I can tell you, without a moments thought, if I was offered a painless way to end things now and be done with this life I wouldn't hesitate to take it. Because no one should have to live this way.
That's so sad
@@loganskiwyse7823 Sorry to hear of your desperate situation Logan 🙏
That second wish when u can hear the crack in her voice...man this just hurts smh
Nobody has the right to judge a human being. Walk in their shoes and then come back see how you feel .
say that about any criminal or terrorist
I did. You have to quit blaming others and turn to Jesus Christ for help.
@@deejudanne460 that's not judging that's justice
Jesus Lopez Justice judges based on the moral and ethical standards of society.
John giants I’ve walked in their shoes I was homeless once and I got my ass right up and got out of being homeless
"one night is way too long" Facts.
"one night is way too long" daaam She said that with such... Power 😐
She said night.
yep she spoke with honest conviction when she said that.
I send her love and I hope she is at peace ❤️. For those who say she looks tired...I think she looks like you would or I would. Physical and mental pain...this is disturbing what she went through.
God bless you Catherine, I dont think I have ever seen such sadness in a persons eyes. I hope you are at peace now.
She resurrected some weeks ago, shes fine she found a job and a mate with a dick larger than mine
@@HardAcidMarC disrespectful idiot.....
@@FromTheGroundUP627 hahahahaha 😂😂😂
@BB C youre black? I watch ebony porn man respect there
I love you all❤️
Her eyes look so depressed and dead. I feel so very sad for her.
God bless kathy 🙏 ur warm i cry as I write u look exhausted and exiting .God future .shame on america from ireland 🇮🇪
May she rest in peace she had kind tired eyes.
Deep depression will destroy a
person and greatly affect one's relationships. This woman has lost too much to regain a will to live.
Well said!
Guam Jam 👍🏼
Yep, Mark, you are 100% correct, as I had this problem, and if it was not for my loving, hard-working wife, I could of been homeless.
Not if you forgive your enemies. And LOVE. Christ is powerful being
The pain is gone. You're in peace now. RIP catherine.
She is at peace if she got saved/born again only.
People always say "so and so is at peace now". No they aren't if they didn't get saved and obey Jesus
while on earth. You have to be born again of the spirit to avoid hell at death as Jesus tells... (supernaturally
born again from Jesus).
Jesus replied, 'Very truly I tell you, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless they are born again'
[John 3 verse 3].........christian bible.
Genie Meadows not all people believe that. let people mourn in their own way.
@planetarywaste...well they had better. It is hazardous to their health after death not to knowJesus and follow Him. Those who dont are lost as scripture tells and cannot enter heaven.
Genie Meadows get ur bullshit out of here and stop forcing your religeon on others
"One night is way too long." Indeed.
BELEIVE me it is! I been there and know what it is like and I am waiting to get my hips replaced! Common problem with the hips because of sleeping on a hard cold ground!
@@miranodonnacha512 All the best to you. I'm so sorry.
@@miranodonnacha512 A lot of people don't understand just how much damage it does to a person's body to sleep on cold concrete or frozen ground day after day...
Where I live, the school had a night where any child who volunteered could "camp out for homelessness". Essentially, they slept on the hard floor in the school. It's not quite the same, but it was an eye opening experience for a lot of the kids none the less. Just one night on that floor was very difficult.
She is me (RN and all) minus 30 years- since seeing this video and enduring my struggles, I will forever financially support these invisible warriors
Having been homeless, I watched this beautiful soul with tears in my eyes , what sort of developed world lets this happen, Catherine bless you!
A human life needlessly lost.
The world is fucking cruel. Look at Syria. Nobody gives a shit about them. Assad, Erdogan, Putin, Xi Jinping, Trump Bolsonaro and so on. oNly fuckers are presidents all over the world. Billionaires get richer and richer and hundreds of millions have nothing. The world doesnt become better it's getting worse every year. I live in Switzerland and I'm 35 years old. I expect World war 3 to come until 2050 and I know just by observing how terrible the last year was and realizing that it doesnt get better. If I become old I dont think the world will be the same then. As long as the fucking billionaires get richer and politicians all over the world spread corruption and misery humankind will for sure see another big war. China is the worst country the worst government. I think they are capable for anything they could easily start a war and then things will change dramatically everywhere in Europe and US and everywhere else...
She took care of her kids for years, why the hell didn't they help her out, and give her a place with them? I don't understand how kids could let their Mom end up like this. RIP.
Janet Griffiths Welcome to the greedy world, my mom used to say "I took good care of all my children but are they going to take care of me in return?" She used to worry for her future, my brothers and sisters took care of my parents.
Well if she had unhappy marriage then she must have unhappy kids. Beaten, molested you fucking name it. You can only apology for few times for family violence.
The message that children have an obligation to help their parents is a harmful one. What she calls “taking care” could be her stepping on their boundaries. We don’t see their side of the story, and people in the comments judging her children obviously have never had toxic family members.
Janet Griffiths there's a lot of her story she didn't tell. Either she had a drug problem or mental issue. Nursing field is always hiring, wouldn't quit smoking or go outside to smoke so ends up back on the streets?? Her story didn't add up
It does make you wonder where the kids are....but, to tell you the truth....from what i know of homeless women (or men) on the streets, most are cold-hearted forget the sad stories they derive for others to hear....the fact is most did not share themselves with others...she did not share herself to her kids, others, men....point-blank....anyone that shares is always taken care of.
This is disgusting that this happens in this country Maybe now with the pandemic people will get that it CAN happen to them!
As long as the money has to go through so many government bureaucrats sticky finger before it gets to anyone nothing will get done. Before they are "so kind" as to help anyone you have to kissass too.
May this lady be at peace now and forever!
Dear Catherine....may your sweet soul rest in peace.
You did not deserve to spend your later years on the street. As a nurse, you cared for others. And yet, when it was your turn to be cared for, it did not come in time. I am sincerely sorry.
@ TheDonna1959. Amen.....
TheDonna1959 oh awful that Catherine had no one to turn to when she was in need. Her children should be ashamed that they let their mom suffer. She didn't say one bad thing about them even though she should have done otherwise. Now she is resting in the comfort of the lord. This was the Lord's test for her family and they failed.
Andrea Watson
“Resting in the comfort of the Lord”
This would imply that the dead are conscience, which is not true... The dead know not anything... did you know that when you lay down to sleep each night you are practicing death?
It is the Spirit of God who wakes a person up each morning of their lives until their death...
Beware of spiritualism thought by soo many churches today that has its origins in paganism, taught by ROMAN Catholicism- its a false doctrine...
To find out more of the present truth for these last days of earth’s history and to find out how YOU can meet Jesus Christ in peace , and stand the last great crisis that is very soon to unfold;
Please visit:
www.prophesyagain.org
God Bless. 🙂
TheDonna1959 you have a good heart and so did Catherine let's hope her life changed people for the better.
Andrea Watson You are 100% right on that. She was here to teach them love and compassion and they failed completely!! RIP Catherine.
No one will help because no one really cares. I was homeless and I been thru it . God bless her soul! She is better now, she is with Jesus!!!!
How did you get out of it? I can't imagine. Female? were you alone?
Jesus? LOL.
I know. Was as well.
Jesus never existed.
You're probably deluded, toxic, and not doing too well for yourself for that comment to offended you. It probably hit home Mark. :)
hi 'Invisible People', I just want to say thanks for your work. I'm genuinely amazed how articulate and nice are almost all of homeless people that you talk to (and its even though I do strongly suspect that you are very selective with publishing those vids)
It's so sad that this lady gave her best to others and nobody cared let alone her children to love her. It breaks my heart even though,am just reading this long after she passed away. May she rest in perfect peace and always be a North Star to those who care about others in selfless ways. For her children, may they seek heaven to make them better people.
Friend of mine is an RN , she started using hosp drugs and drinking , she lost her job , Today she has cleaned up and has her RN status back , back on the right track . She is one of the few that make it .
Going through the exact same thing with my sister. The sad thing is that they would rather steal meds and stay high. They would rather be on the streets than to ask for rehabilitation or go to rehab. At some point they have to take responsibility for what they are doing to themselves. They need to stop blaming others. I know because my sister would rather steal lie rob and take pills after it has taken everything but her life.
I love her, but I cannot help someone that refuses help. What do you. What can you do.
I blame the doctors but thats not right. Just like someone will blame me for my sister and that's not right.
RIP Catharine God bless your beautiful soul.
What did it take for her to get clean.
It can be done with working on self
My dear friend who was an RN had breast cancer and was prescribed lortab. She somehow became addicted and graduated to heroin. She died of an infection from using needles.
Please don't judge about her parenting. Go to a nursing home full of excellent parents and their children don't come to see them. Unbelievable!!! We have a sensitivity chip missing in our society.
You have no idea how those children were treated. Don't be so fast to judge.
Limerick502 neither do you
Limerick: stop projecting on other people, your own problems. Only because you treated your own children like shit it does not mean everybody does the same with their children, maggot
breadandcircus1 Thank you! Kicking people when they are down isnt necessary!!
That's exactly right. It's the 'entitled' last couple generations. I grew up in my Grandmother & Father's house. They are the best days of my childhood. We cooked, ate, cleaned, and sat in the yard together. Now it's like everyone is out for themselves and constantly on social media. It's not a good life. I don't feel it's what the Big Man wanted for us.
and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?
- James 2:16
It's sad that more people haven't liked this comment, but I pray that they all get it
@@cyndilopez9492 I agree, Cyndi.
Amen.
@@cyndilopez9492
People need to be showing by example, that is more powerful..😉🙏
Absolutely, bless all yall
What a wonderful woman. She is in paradise now. You will notice that the 3 wishes are never specifically for themselves. After all the hate homeless people endure, I have never heard a selfish thought or word in any interview Mark has done. Blessings & love.
She got emotional after she was asked if she could have 3 wishes. I think because she had given up on hope. RIP.
MyGirlsHair That 3 wish thing , is border line cruel,, these poor souls virtually melt down, if you got ask that cruel question, how about ask “if you had one wish “
And her first wish wasn't even for herself. This video really broke my heart.
She's had more than me
Na she got emotional on her second wish - "That people would understand how other people felt".
Poverty and homelessness are like getting into quicksand. As soon as you get into that situation the more and more difficult it becomes to get out but unlike with quicksand, instead of having the people around you rushing to throw you a rope and help you, they rush to judge you and try to move as far away from you as possible...
America doesn't look after it's people..
Its sad that this is fax
Well spoken, indeed!
It seems that they push a person deeper into the quicksand and, thus, accelerate that persons demise.
Anya Tranter no country does
Been there. You're exactly right
I hope she’s resting in peace. She is a beautiful soul and she deserves it.
"I've been a working member of lifes professional life even when I had my kids I worked...and this is the payback" honestly sad when all I hear is that homeless people are just lazy
I’m sorry Catherine..... the system failed you and so did society.... Thank you for your years as a RN serving the sick
your welcome, lol...
What a well spoken, honest lady. Shame she passed away.
The best part I see here is letting go of all anger and finding peace of mind whatever the cost. I just subscribed but I have been obsessed with these videos. These are my people, though I am not homeless.
This was longer than seven years ago and I was there with her when they did that interview in new York. 2021Kp
Did you know her?
You lucky to have met her, I wish I did, xx
What happened to her ?
I do not understand that non-smoke building, I think she can stay there if not smoking inside building. Not sure what's going on.
I have 18 years sober yet only 5 years off of cigarettes. Smoking is extremely addictive. BUT THE POINT IS here is a older woman that should not be on the streets but sleeps outside every night because homeless services gave up on her. COME ON PEOPLE! Cigarettes is not the issue here - the issue is a broken system that fails people and that YOU ALL PAY TAXES FOR!
I think you just hit on why this particular story strikes nerves. This is a system we pay for with our tax dollars. So whether it's right or wrong of us, we do judge someone who is handed an opportunity and they turn their nose up to the offer.
Invisible People what happened to Catherine?
She does not look old, she looks healthier than folk who have a roof over their head.
Well Brenda, then stop setting your petty terms on other people. I've taken care of all species for 35 years and one of the most swinish things about people is that they seriously demand petty controls for help that isn't that much help. But, i am sure you will think personal rights and liberties matter when you are homeless next year
Invisible People ....if u don't mind me asking what happened to her? Rest in peace......
My brother is homeless and a smoker. He picks up discarded butts on the ground and collects them. Occasionally he might bum one. For those saying how much cheaper it is to buy food, you are thinking of food you can bring home and prepare. Many people don't have the tools to cook on the streets. Buying prepared food isn't cheap. My brother is also an RN. He has some psychiatric issues which got amplified during stress and as a result got let go from his job. His license has just recently expired I believe. He had neither the money, the technology nor the hope to renew it. As with many homeless people, what should have been a temporary and unfortunate hurdle in his life, has only snowballed and made it near impossible to get out. I mourn who my brother was. And even I have become extremely hopeless that anything with him...and so many others...will ever change. I look into this woman's eyes and see my brother. I am sad society did not catch her when she fell. And I wait each day for a similar call about my brother.
Dying is easy, living is hard. RIP Catherine 🙏💐
This is so true :(
Is this quote supposed to be from the musical Hamilton?
@@500subsnocontentchallenge7 no, it is a Charles Manson quote
Amgad Shebl Oh they say something like that in the musical
Rip 🌼💮🕊️
She brought me to tears. I hope she found peace.
This breaks my heart. Why do we let this happen?
REST IN PEACE CATHERINE. Im sorry your children failed you. I hope that you are doing well in heaven.
@@ms.d5195 her children let their mother live like that...I come from a different culture...this seems very strange to me.
I n , Everybody in Heaven is fabulously happy and healthy and Excited. We hope she is Heaven but she was not on the path to get there.
You might want to learn that there is another reality ,more credible, orthodox, and widely believed than your simple view.
She didn't live the Life of Christ, the sacred life of a holy, pure, sanctified life, partake of the sacraments, attend Church, etc etc. If she committed suicide that is a selfish act which is a mortal sin against the Holy Spirit, It's not probable that this woman is in Heaven. This is not an unkind perspective but it's a more mature, realistic, sagacious, and truthful outcome. I wish her to be in Heaven but Jesus Christ decides and He told us how to get three but this woman didn't take up his holy plan, and live His life to go to Heaven. It is not incorrect to say this because it is stated with honest, sincere humility and charity, only good purposes to educate the edify here. We can pray for her, that's the best service we can provide.
@@ms.d5195 LOL
TruthTuber1 Oracle Appian Way
Who are you to judge what kind of life she lived and how " worthy" she is.
How do you know for a fact that your book is real? You don't.
So, before you go on being a hypocrate and judging other people....maybe you should take a longer look in the mirror. If you really do believe you book, maybe you should actually follow it?
I used to be a Catholic, so I know all the verses in your Christian books.
1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
@@crossbowmarksman You have no clue what you are talking about. You don't "live the life of Christ" to get to heaven. That is works for salvation. Jesus Christ lived the life and bled on a cross for you. He was buried and rose again the third day.
Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
We are saved by grace through faith. That means we don't earn it or deserve it.
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Religion never saved anybody, only Jesus Christ...the way, the truth and the life.
When I was homeless I would smoke to stave off hunger pains....I think that is why most homeless smoke....It sucks to be hungry.....
Food is more expensive.
Plus it gives you a moment to feel how surreal ur life is... It's like you're in so much shock.. I thought I'd died and hone yo hell
hungry and sad scared
LOL!!!!! This is why you were homeless. You can obviously have a good meal for the price of a pack of cigs lol
exactly
What a sad soul to loose...Treated horribly for too long it broke her, I’m really sorry. Wish I could’ve done something to help, truly
"Lose," not "Loose."
🌹.. Even you are not on earth it is wonderfull to know that you kind of person lived and still giving Honour to our life
She died alone.. home less and sad..now u can rest in peace
Sheridan Isashitstain but we don’t all die homeless, scared and hungry. Think before you speak buddy
@@xmontana448 It was her choice to smoke instead of having a place to live.
@@xmontana448 true, but i think you need to think before speak buddy. he made an important point about how at the end of the day, no matter how much wealth and happiness accumulated, you're going to be in the grave.
@Sheridan Isashitstain we aren't alone...God is with us...
@@trader5920 that wasnt the point
you can see it in her eyes that she has lost all hope, desperately sad but not enough being done
bag ofhammers her suffered the sadness too in
once humans stop doping on hopium will this species have a chance to redeem itself...
Wow this is absolutely heartbreaking I have a great deal of respect love and adoration for nurses close and near and dear to my heart, they are selfless people always placing others before themselves I am a very sick woman I came out the womb sick doctors and nurses have cared for me and all the days of my life and it just breaks my lonesome heart that this beautiful woman who once cares for others dies out in these dangerous streets these streets are dangerous and unkind ain't no love out in these streets I am deeply sorry my sincerest condolences to friend's ,family and host of relatives what a heartbreaking story.
This is horrific. Shameful behaviour on the part of local government. Utter disgrace.
This beautiful woman did so much, yet rejected by society.
Bryan Lint How can you possibly know if a person has done so much based off a 6 minute video.
We do not know a person’s entire life story off a short video.
Shes ugly
@@landomckenzie5659 you don't know how she looked when she was Young
@@landomckenzie5659 but better than you!
@@landomckenzie5659 and so are you! Ugly soul you are! If you have one!
No one....not one person deserves to be homless let alone die on the streets......
Shit, what did I ever do to you?
Human traffickers deserve far worse.
Amen so true
@@emptRxLoL
The Pondering Fall, true, but people have to help themselves. I have often wondered why people have become homeless & was it really something they could have prevented.
She had children and her kids left her living on the streets for 16 years!! I can't believe it!
We live in a fallen world. It's only going to get worse.
Suffer no more RIP Catherine
You said it the best Ms.C,tears in my eyes I too was homeless ! RIP
May you be in a better world with love
Her children should be ashamed of themselves. She was a nurse. A profession that pays it forward every single day. This is outrageous. These are beautiful human beings we are a species, we all need love and acceptance.
Yea, her children are disgusting
The children owe her nothing, your children come through you not to you, they are responsible only for their own lives she is responsible for her own
Victoria Arcturus are you kidding me if you can’t help for you own mother who would help
@@victoriaarcturus203 that's like saying we'll birth a baby, but not look after them, they can look after themselves
Victoria Arcturus - so you expect mothers to be like turtles, create offspring and then just leave them to fend for themselves from birth pretty much
I just scrolled thru the comments quickly and I do not understand why people get on after reading a story like this and feel the need to argue with each other when they don’t even know who they’re talking to! Amazing!!
She is in a better place now. All for the best bless her
Her first wish "world peace" God bless her soul ❤️
My first wish would be no more famine... Where's my plaque?
It was sad to see her having no hope but God bless her soul for her first wish to be for the world and not to "win a lottery" or even for a small blessing for herself.
Yea that struck me too
sad part is that there is never going to be world peace. As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:John 14:6 - Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 🙌
@@ALLIN4CHRIST777 yep. No one, I'm not even religious.
It`s probably that benevolent attitude that got her to go `upstairs` soon after.
Escape from the earth pit is maybe the real best blessing!
I'm so sorry Catherine, you deserved so much more! I feel brokenhearted, so sorry sweet lady. Glad you are in eternal peace now.
"What future?" Breaks my heart
Peace be with her💛 Your closest one can damage you the most. Being single means not taking any risks with anyone. I'm so glad i'm not taking any risks anymore and that i'm perfectly fine with it.
She was world weary but there still was such a dignified energy about her. She still had an idea of what she deserved in life, for sure, lol. Rest in peace, Catherine
Catherine was tired, she just closed her eyes and slipped quietly away.
I'll bet nobody even noticed except her Father in Heaven
who welcomed her w/
open arms and said,
"Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Enter now into the home I have prepared for you."
Homeless and hopeless. Can see in her eyes. So sad. RIP
I hope that she has found peace. This situation could happen to any of us. Stay safe and let's help each other and care for each other.
After all she has been through her first wish is for 'world peace'. A beautiful selfless 'brave' soul who is homeless no more as God took her 'home' - where she can live with love, dignity, joy and peace wanting for nothing - she earned it. Her goodness shined through. It is your time to shine now beautiful Katherine - please pray for us left in this place xx