Terry is 58. He says he's been homeless since the age of 8. He is dying from cancer.

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  • Опубликовано: 11 мар 2011
  • I was in Calgary, Canada, this week and heard the story of a homeless man who was dying of cancer and dreamed of visiting Mardi Gras in New Orleans some day. People rallied to raise the money for this kind man to have his last wish, but he became so sick he was not able to travel. The people at the shelter he lives at then held a Mardi Gras party for him. When I was told that story my heart broke, yet I didn't realize I was about to meet Terry.
    Terry is 58 years old. He says he's been homeless since the age of 8. Long before I started the camera Terry reminded me of my grandfather by wanting to tell stories. This video is a little longer than others, but this may be the most powerful video I've ever posted so please watch to the end. As I started to get emotional this very strong, proud man reminded me to not feel sorry for him.
    Special thanks to Calgary Homeless Foundation www.calgaryhomeless.com and The DI | Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre thedi.ca
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  • @cubed2164
    @cubed2164 3 года назад +1209

    Terry passed away just a few months later on May 2011, but if it helps, this video helped his family find him, and they were with him in his last moments.

    • @dreamsteal4773
      @dreamsteal4773 3 года назад +144

      Why did they show up at the very last moment to be with him?

    • @fratystuff6737
      @fratystuff6737 3 года назад +80

      @@dreamsteal4773 Guilt, is my guess. It happens.

    • @Vampasa
      @Vampasa 3 года назад +74

      They should've stayed fucked off

    • @JustMe-yd3ge
      @JustMe-yd3ge 3 года назад +79

      @@dreamsteal4773 just to make sure if he got some pennies or couple of bucks they hold on . Comparing those people to trash is such offense to trash . Some might tell you they maybe had the feeling of guiltiness but that's not an excuse from any angle . he was 8 and now 58 and they thought of him at the last moments ?

    • @brendabann4243
      @brendabann4243 3 года назад +42

      I just bet Terry would have given anyone in need the shirt off his back...even though that might have been his only shirt. What a remarkable human being and what a humbling video. Enjoy heaven dear Terry and please pray for all souls still struggling on this planet🙏🏻.
      We, as a human race, could do so much better while here on earth! May God give us all the courage to step up and speak out for all those terrible things we see happening .. from homelessness to animal abuse and abandonment. Hope I’m lucky enough to meet u one day Terry! Bless you🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

  • @janethalley2154
    @janethalley2154 5 лет назад +2444

    Dying in a homeless shelter..how very sad. No one should have to go through that.

    • @suzieparis6821
      @suzieparis6821 4 года назад +103

      Sometimes strangers are much kinder than family

    • @cattleNhay
      @cattleNhay 4 года назад +35

      Janet Halley better than on the streets of America being harassed by police...

    • @merson812
      @merson812 4 года назад +12

      @@suzieparis6821 What a wonderfully considered comment. In my case, I believe you are so right.

    • @loniarenehudson8273
      @loniarenehudson8273 4 года назад +5

      Suzie Paris Amen. That is a fact

    • @sammyjo2852
      @sammyjo2852 4 года назад +1

      S*****
      😢

  • @andrewmasc3174
    @andrewmasc3174 3 года назад +1081

    50 years and no one ever gave him a place to live... society has serious issues

    • @user-wickedflower
      @user-wickedflower 3 года назад +29

      Andrew Masc 50 years & he never found himself a place to live., which is worse?

    • @andrewmasc3174
      @andrewmasc3174 3 года назад +32

      @@user-wickedflower the former by far

    • @VirginiaCook-lx1qv
      @VirginiaCook-lx1qv 3 года назад +1

      Especially the social services. They discuss me!

    • @andrewca1659
      @andrewca1659 3 года назад +38

      @@mykyta1235 wonder who you voted for...... He was thrown out at eight years old. That messed him up. What’s wrong with you? Also, the military isn’t the solution to all problems

    • @hoangdung7494
      @hoangdung7494 3 года назад +31

      @Sam Jones I get what you said, but really he's out there struggling since he was 8... no proper education, no direction or anything, finding a meal alone is hard enough. If he was surrounded with well intent homeless then yeah maybe he would got out of homelessness but we all know that is not always the case. I'm not gonna pretend all homeless people are the victim, but some of them in fact are ... he shoulda be in some foster care/ children protection programs when he was a kid then maybe you can use "responsibility" card on him.

  • @luizax3704
    @luizax3704 4 года назад +452

    When he said » Don’t be sorry, I’m not. I lived a great life » it absolutely broke my heart.

    • @whitneywilliams317
      @whitneywilliams317 3 года назад +25

      He was ready, that's all, ready and waiting. God has him now.

    • @CL-mp4vn
      @CL-mp4vn 3 года назад

      Actually, it's *_wow_* me !

    • @yamyas
      @yamyas 3 года назад +2

      i am not sure if i would be able to say the same word at the end of myself.

    • @tessalogan586
      @tessalogan586 3 года назад +7

      Not everyone wants pity..just believe him(:

    • @alscaldes9200
      @alscaldes9200 3 года назад

      i love grapes

  • @urbangypsie253
    @urbangypsie253 4 года назад +1164

    Broke my heart when he wished for nobody else to suffer cancer, what a beautiful wish, I wish for him to rest in forever peace ❤

    • @annemariemchugh4341
      @annemariemchugh4341 4 года назад +14

      I totally agree a beautiful soul so sad may he rest in peace

    • @faithlove3184
      @faithlove3184 4 года назад +10

      Awe,that's a special man,he is sweet😊

    • @PrincessAfrica3
      @PrincessAfrica3 4 года назад +17

      He is...
      Jesus says in Luke 6:20-21
      “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.”

    • @praisegodjesussaves2283
      @praisegodjesussaves2283 4 года назад +8

      We dont wish for Heaven. We trust in Christ for Heaven. It is a promise He makes for all those who believe and trust in Him!!!!
      "no one comes to the Father except through me" " I am the way, the truth and the life" -Jesus Christ
      Read the Gospels
      Matthew Mark Luke and John❤️🌾🙏🏻

    • @faithlove3184
      @faithlove3184 4 года назад +5

      @@praisegodjesussaves2283 yes he does want us to have eternal life,he is the king,he loves us so much,we are expected so little from him,we have to have the big words,Faith, Love,Love others,folks stop judging, I had to put that in there,then we walk from grace to see our heavenly father,what a blessing that each and every one of us are loved by God,💖💖💖🤗💖💖💖✨✨🎶🎶🎶✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨😊😊😊😊😊😊🥰

  • @kslucki
    @kslucki 6 лет назад +3353

    Homeless for most of his life and the man cannot hold his tears when faced with the fact that it is ending.. Life is precious!

    • @danhalo1405
      @danhalo1405 4 года назад +124

      Every living creature has survival instincts build in to make sure we don't all commit suicide. So the fear of death does not really say anything about the quality of life.

    • @sallysharp4126
      @sallysharp4126 4 года назад +20

      😭😭😭😭😭😭

    • @Keep_It_Real_Ministry
      @Keep_It_Real_Ministry 4 года назад +18

      @@nonexistenceisbliss9528 it's actually both fragile and precious, no matter what people go through...this world gives you no promises, no one is entitled to anything but death....besides survival instincts, I believe hope is the driving force that enables it, otherwise why try? But many, or all don't want to die...except those that give up or lay down their lives

    • @delilahrainelle7158
      @delilahrainelle7158 4 года назад +96

      The Man From The Dark Side .... I beg to differ. I was abused and raped from the age of 3. Not from within my family, but outside of my family.
      I grew up on a farm, but we were very poor. I had 5 younger brothers and I can remember the times that we got new shoes and clothes. I also remember my brothers crying for something to eat. The little clapboard house was freezing in the winter and hot as heck in the summer. We had no running water, but our home and every kid was as clean as a pin!
      Education was important. So was integrity and dignity and Christianity. All of my brothers have done exceedingly well in life. I became a professional singer and songwriter. I have even modeled. All that we have become we owe to having little to nothing as children. We had to learn discipline, respect, and to be creative. Nothing was handed to us that we have not earned.
      I lost my younger brother to cancer two years ago. I was with him until he breathed his last breath. Twice before he died he woke from a deep induced sleep to raise his arms upward as if embracing someone. He had a genuine happy smile on his face. I asked him if he was seeing angels... he nodded yes. On a piece of paper he wrote,” GOOD DEATH.”
      I can hardly write this, because I grieve him still. I know where he is and that I will be with him again, but I miss him.
      Is life precious? You darn right it is and that’s no BS!

    • @ryanjohnsen514
      @ryanjohnsen514 4 года назад +15

      @@delilahrainelle7158 I love your attitude...we share a similar story. Keep on doin' you...you are precious!

  • @ahmeds8743
    @ahmeds8743 2 года назад +6

    “ I am sorry, don’t be, I am not” . RIP Terry all the way from Saudi Arabia

  • @ella-bt8hp
    @ella-bt8hp 4 года назад +676

    His uncle was the mayor and noone helped him!! It's sad 😭
    I'm sorry for your pain sir I am sure your in a better place ❤️

    • @stacye3184
      @stacye3184 4 года назад +95

      That fact struck me too. The mayor/uncle has him over to dinner and then sends him back. Taking him in or finding a real home for him could have made such a huge difference in his life. Sad.

    • @margaretterrebonne9596
      @margaretterrebonne9596 3 года назад +5

      Has an Uncle, why is he homeless? Sad

    • @susanmercurio1060
      @susanmercurio1060 3 года назад +22

      @Obi Wan Kenobi : That's the difference between the rich and the poor: rich people hang on to their money. That's how they get and stay rich.

    • @sandstonemeteorologi
      @sandstonemeteorologi 3 года назад +12

      @@lifewellloved0204 You know nothing of the affects of trauma. Don't let the door hit you on your way out.

    • @float_sam
      @float_sam 3 года назад +1

      @Obi Wan Kenobi They feel everyone else is a taker, a have not wanting what they have. Just like Jesus I assume.

  • @ClutchingPearlz
    @ClutchingPearlz 6 лет назад +2453

    Rip Terry. He's homeless no more.

  • @pondermac
    @pondermac 7 лет назад +670

    All homeless videos make me sad, but this one made me cry.

    • @beboplady1542
      @beboplady1542 5 лет назад +8

      Me too :(

    • @DoodlebugsDream
      @DoodlebugsDream 4 года назад +9

      @Traci AM He said he hoped that nobody else ever got the disease he had, and that there would be no more homelessness. He didn't have a third wish. ☹️

    • @ianj.perreault5392
      @ianj.perreault5392 4 года назад +1

      Me too !!

    • @theohanalife9899
      @theohanalife9899 4 года назад

      Me too :(

    • @DouglasSantos-bf4nm
      @DouglasSantos-bf4nm 4 года назад +2

      This one hit really hard. I couldn't hold it at the end.

  • @ShushLorraine
    @ShushLorraine 3 года назад +232

    His top wish was for others. Too bad his own father couldn't see what a gem he had for a son.

  • @dyecaa6989
    @dyecaa6989 3 года назад +444

    it really took NINE YEARS for youtubes algorithm to show this? wow.

    • @dreamsteal4773
      @dreamsteal4773 3 года назад +6

      It’s very sad 😔

    • @ThechurchofMrBubbzMrBubbz
      @ThechurchofMrBubbzMrBubbz 3 года назад +9

      If this very fact doesn't tell anyone what is wrong with how we treat the famous and the poor, then I am at a loss for words.

    • @circuspeanut83
      @circuspeanut83 3 года назад +6

      Gotta cover up that election fraud

    • @urielsalas9265
      @urielsalas9265 3 года назад +4

      @@circuspeanut83 Nice, you just made this a political discussion.

    • @cameronwilliams676
      @cameronwilliams676 3 года назад +1

      Bruh yiu actually mad over this? It’s just a video and you wouldn’t help him either so shut up poser

  • @joelarama
    @joelarama 7 лет назад +498

    What an absolute diamond. RIP sweet soul.

    • @sallysharp4126
      @sallysharp4126 4 года назад +5

      joelarama 😭😭😭😭😭

    • @yanieakeland9726
      @yanieakeland9726 4 года назад +4

      oh God.. may his soul rest in peacefuly heaven. such a beautiful soul.

  • @seanbaeker4310
    @seanbaeker4310 5 лет назад +306

    Notice how he is still working in his head, all these years and being kicked out so early and he did not go crazy.
    Remarkable!!!!

    • @daltonevans3412
      @daltonevans3412 3 года назад +6

      Human resilience is an amazing thing. We can survive some truly truly horrible things. Some break, but some don't.

  • @litebrite2790
    @litebrite2790 3 года назад +60

    I know i'm 9 years late on this video but i'm watching anyway and my heart and eyes are heavy with emotion.he is at peace🙏🙏

  • @geraldmorris9985
    @geraldmorris9985 4 года назад +2045

    I'm sorry we failed you as a society, sir.

    • @mettemather4931
      @mettemather4931 4 года назад +28

      So well said!

    • @someoneslick5399
      @someoneslick5399 3 года назад +31

      Who’s we?

    • @CoolSamy6946
      @CoolSamy6946 3 года назад +30

      someone slick we the people of this earth

    • @lorraineforte9175
      @lorraineforte9175 3 года назад +45

      Gerald Morris
      If someone is homeless all there life without finding a way out usually there is more to the story and it is the individuals problem not society. Playing the victim is a mind set that some of these people never get away from,I would be interested to know how alcohol and drugs played a role. Oh and by the way you come across as phony and magnanimous with your SIR,and blaming all that is,wrong with the world on society, remember we have choices in this world, and many people have overcome dire obstacles and have made successful lives for themselves.

    • @geraldmorris9985
      @geraldmorris9985 3 года назад +26

      @@lorraineforte9175 Indeed and I understand that we need to place accountability and responsibility on the victim but mental illness is a part of this I think and with that I'm including the possible abusive home he fled from. It's unfortunate you see my comment as magnanimous. It was more a self reflective and a comment that included myself and for you to help understand the tone, said in a more reflective and lucid state. I wish he could have gotten the help I think he needed to live simply a better and happier life. I suppose it's more about wishing we could have helped him earlier in life to find the tools in himself that in turn he could use to help himself throughout his own life. I just see so many homeless people that are actually mental illness issues as well that I think are slipping between the ever growing cracks in our society. Thanks for your comment and no insult meant or taken.

  • @merrylou9645
    @merrylou9645 4 года назад +1781

    His dad should have been arrested for doing that.

    • @leilanikuuipo6004
      @leilanikuuipo6004 4 года назад +108

      In my day, some parents in my neighborhood would always beat their children into submission and used as household labor. I was always thankful my family wasn't that way. Even our teachers got away with things that no way could happen 50 years later. Very sad story, Bless Terry!

    • @KnowledgeBoutique
      @KnowledgeBoutique 4 года назад +31

      It was a much different time.

    • @beverlybalius9303
      @beverlybalius9303 4 года назад +14

      merry lou Different times, in that era parents didn’t get arrested for kicking them out. 8years old was just a baby,,,, they sent bad teens to Juvie orphanages in those days,

    • @tonifasel9158
      @tonifasel9158 4 года назад +17

      And the mother as well.

    • @delilahrainelle7158
      @delilahrainelle7158 4 года назад +69

      Abdul Basir Al-Armini ... but kindness and love are not confined to a specific era.
      I grew up extremely poor. I have seen my mother cry, because she had nothing to feed us. I have heard my brothers cry themselves to sleep because they were hungry. We had very little, but we never complained.
      I remember some times when we would have a little money and we would go with mama to buy a few groceries. Rarely did we ever go anywhere, but when we went to buy groceries there was a little boy who stood on the sidewalk selling papers. His clothes were clean, but ragged. His body was clean, but he was badly in need of a haircut. He had no shoes. He looked evacuated. Perhaps we looked the same way to him and perhaps my heart hurt so much for him, because I had a personal understanding of his sufferings. Anyway, whenever he was there at the time we were, my mama would make sure she had a little something for him. She wouldn’t take a paper. That way, he could keep the money.
      Once we saw him on the corner selling papers. His tennis shoes were well worn and the thin little jacket he had was not enough to keep him warm. As we were going into the store, a man and his well dressed wife were coming out with a cart overflowing with groceries. The man paused to buy a paper. The young boy said,”Thank you sir.” Not more than three feet from the youngster, the wife chastised her husband for wasting his money on a another worthless newspaper. As they walked away she said the cruelest things about that little paperboy. Although, I was only 5 years old I wanted to hurt that woman. I had never experienced that type of ugliness.
      I wanted to run to the little boy and hug him. I wanted to make him “Rich.” I’m sure that she hurt his feelings, but he never let on. What a mean old woman to hurt such a timid; meek and well mannered little child. I knew that he knew that I knew he was poor, but he carried himself as if he had no knowledge of what being poverty stricken was. He had a pride about him, but it was not arrogance or vanity; it was integrity.
      think there are some circumstances in life that make us more sensitive to others; some things make us stronger and we are better because of it. I often remember those days and the little paperboy. I wonder what he grew up to be. I’m sure about one thing. He did not grow up looking down his nose at others.

  • @Micro296
    @Micro296 7 лет назад +247

    rest in peace my friend.

  • @jaleesa8523
    @jaleesa8523 3 года назад +24

    When he started crying at the end my heart broke..

  • @imperialDANK
    @imperialDANK 4 года назад +27

    God bless your soul, Terry. Much love to you.

    • @HarshDude126
      @HarshDude126 3 года назад +1

      There is no god.

    • @imperialDANK
      @imperialDANK 3 года назад +2

      @@HarshDude126 are you 100% positive there is no God?

  • @chineseslaves1971
    @chineseslaves1971 4 года назад +559

    How sad and cruel putting 8-9 year olds on the street, disgusting parents who should be arrested.

    • @frankdenardo8684
      @frankdenardo8684 4 года назад

      They could not find a foster home.

    • @dancarter255
      @dancarter255 4 года назад +15

      Arrested nope they should be shot dead

    • @jasonvoorhees6873
      @jasonvoorhees6873 4 года назад +7

      @@frankdenardo8684 They couldn't find a foster home so they throw their kids on the street before they hit puberty?

    • @frankdenardo8684
      @frankdenardo8684 4 года назад

      @@jasonvoorhees6873 they should have made him a ward of the province

    • @shubhamkatyal6391
      @shubhamkatyal6391 3 года назад +1

      @@dancarter255 😌

  • @DestinyQx
    @DestinyQx 13 лет назад +163

    homelessness and cancer are not just words, the dictionary is useless to describe them fully, but this man with nothing still has hope, he is a hero, he is my hero, he is in my prayers

    • @Dixler683
      @Dixler683 3 года назад

      DestinyQx yes a hero, everybody is a hero today

  • @suze6083
    @suze6083 3 года назад +55

    This made me utterly sad. He seemed to be a genuinely sweet human being who just wasn’t fortunate enough to get a proper start in life. I truly hope that he ended up having some lovely memories to hold on to and take with him. May he Rest In Peace!

  • @hunrenton
    @hunrenton 3 года назад +13

    I'm grown up man, and I'm crying.

    • @sylviathompson100
      @sylviathompson100 2 года назад +1

      Me too that is very sad but I am glad he is not suffering anymore he’s in heaven

    • @Bojan_V
      @Bojan_V 4 месяца назад

      Me too😢.

  • @rjc7289
    @rjc7289 4 года назад +215

    Homeless since 8 and dead from cancer at 58, plus all the shit that happened to him in between -- talk about life giving you a raw deal. I sincerely hope the afterlife is a lot kinder to him than this life was.

    • @strangeballads
      @strangeballads 3 года назад +9

      No doubt about it. The harder the struggle - the sweeter the fruits.

    • @TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou
      @TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou 3 года назад +15

      @Vlad Drac yeah because the afterlife is so unrealistic but us existing in the first place isn't.... Lmao

    • @ShushLorraine
      @ShushLorraine 3 года назад +3

      But he said he had a good life. At least he had a good attitude about life.

    • @TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou
      @TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou 3 года назад +5

      @@ShushLorraine kind of hard to know what a good life is when you've never had one.
      Not saying he didn't have a positive outlook though im just saying it's like saying you know what love is when you've never loved anyone.

    • @slopedarmor
      @slopedarmor 3 года назад

      @@TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou exactly

  • @googo151
    @googo151 4 года назад +58

    Jesus, he still remembers their first and last names too. That's incredible. RIP sir.

  • @ThaoNguyenLand
    @ThaoNguyenLand 3 года назад +27

    God Bless Him In Heaven. Such a beautiful man he is.

    • @HarshDude126
      @HarshDude126 3 года назад +1

      There is no god. There is no afterlife.

    • @sylviathompson100
      @sylviathompson100 2 года назад

      @@HarshDude126 if you don’t believe in God please keep it to yourself

  • @reginarose2428
    @reginarose2428 3 года назад +159

    This is horribly sad. Everyone deserves a brighter life than he had.

  • @TheDonna1959
    @TheDonna1959 7 лет назад +207

    Terry is such a sweet soul who has been through so much! To be kicked out at 8 years old is unforgivable. He was just a little boy. The stress of being homeless would wear on anyone. Trying to stay safe, looking for a place to lay your head each night, food, clothing, etc. Having a family to care and love you. RIP Terry. Heaven has a precious angel.

  • @christinenewhouse6920
    @christinenewhouse6920 4 года назад +342

    If I was rich and saw this story..I would bring him home and have people serve him..HE WENT THROUGH ALOT..Everyone needs to have compassion for the homeless and the poor..God bless.

    • @thedalmatianpack
      @thedalmatianpack 4 года назад +8

      Very True I Agree❤🕊... Like My Mom says In this Life Nothing is Guaranteed.. The Only Guarantee we have is that one day we will Go with God❤🕊🕊

    • @nayeligamez4046
      @nayeligamez4046 4 года назад +10

      Not everyone is guaranteed to be with god in the afterlife. Alot of people will go to hell as well

    • @christinenewhouse6920
      @christinenewhouse6920 4 года назад +3

      @@nayeligamez4046
      Will pray for you to see the light..

    • @nayeligamez4046
      @nayeligamez4046 4 года назад +4

      I'll pray for you to see the light as well 🙏

    • @lenBrill1971
      @lenBrill1971 4 года назад +5

      @@nayeligamez4046 heaven and hell are man made. I believe what comes next is peaceful. I may be wrong but I don't think so.

  • @patrickraftery1815
    @patrickraftery1815 3 года назад +26

    That one hurt me what a gentle kind man, he's obviously passed. What a sick society we live in.

    • @euhdaccord4462
      @euhdaccord4462 3 года назад +1

      Is he? How do you know?

    • @euhdaccord4462
      @euhdaccord4462 3 года назад +1

      You're right, unfortunately:
      ruclips.net/video/CjLoVodyBmg/видео.html

    • @patrickraftery1815
      @patrickraftery1815 3 года назад +2

      @@euhdaccord4462 was terminally like nine years ago.

    • @euhdaccord4462
      @euhdaccord4462 3 года назад +1

      @@patrickraftery1815 thanks for answering. How sad. I hadn't payed attention to the time of posting.

    • @patrickraftery1815
      @patrickraftery1815 3 года назад

      @@euhdaccord4462 don't worry about it. I used to believe in karma till you realize the world is run by trillionares. Maybe in Billions of years we won't survive as a species and justice will have been served.

  • @eldritchhorror9747
    @eldritchhorror9747 3 года назад +4

    50 years of homelessness...I have no words.. It's the people who have been hurt the most have the biggest hearts..

  • @jenniferashley99
    @jenniferashley99 13 лет назад +116

    When I read that the people held a Mardi Gras party for him-it bought tears to my eyes. It's those acts that make this life seem a little brighter. May God rest his soul, his last remaining days.

  • @calipdis2
    @calipdis2 7 лет назад +89

    I cried too, he is such a sweetheart.

  • @Fear6028
    @Fear6028 3 года назад +34

    He’s not homeless anymore he won’t suffer anymore he’s in a better place now god is with him 🙏

  • @blueskytotempole
    @blueskytotempole 3 года назад +249

    "Me and the old man didnt get along"
    At the age of 8... What is wrong with parents that do this?
    Lord please watch over and care for him!

    • @johnyguitar258
      @johnyguitar258 3 года назад +14

      looks like lord dont wach nothing cause he dosnt exist

    • @blueskytotempole
      @blueskytotempole 3 года назад +4

      @@johnyguitar258 why do you argue this point... Dont you think you should just be quiet and allow me to be delusional? I mean i only stake my entire existance on a fraudulant made up character that somehow i stand my ground against cults and police one in the same that ive avoided hits on my life from high up satanic bitches that cant touch me other that sneakily steal shit and persecute me whie i call them out to their faces to watch them back down from one man and a make believe character that doesnt exist.
      Watch this... All you cops can bite me all fbi can blow me do something ....
      Watch
      ... Nothing crickets cause the Most High has gathered us and has given us authority ... Check into my chamnel
      ... You will see i expose them... Or you are blind but just know you will meet him one day ...bro i used to think that he wasnt real he changed me gave me a reason to live after jumping 90 foot to concrete ...

    • @jakekaywell5972
      @jakekaywell5972 3 года назад +9

      @@blueskytotempole Even if the God of Christianity was real, I would never worship him. I read the whole Bible cover to cover and he is by all accounts a huge dick with a massively fragile ego.

    • @blueskytotempole
      @blueskytotempole 3 года назад +7

      @@jakekaywell5972 thats on u ....wss Christ that? Think about it or not... Ur just words on a screen to me

    • @jakekaywell5972
      @jakekaywell5972 3 года назад +3

      @@blueskytotempole I mean, so are you. You can't be physically in front of me, so any conversations are likely to be much less. Since Christ was supposedly the same as God (three persons in one and all that), it's reasonable to conclude that Christ is also a huge dick because he is the same as God.

  • @maylai6549
    @maylai6549 4 года назад +223

    I'm so sad after watching all the homelessness stories ....they are human beings ! They deserved a place called home !!! 😭😭😭

    • @michaelcnorth1982
      @michaelcnorth1982 4 года назад +8

      Once we move away from the idea of money we will flourish as a civilization. The amount of resources this planet contains money could never buy. Humanity put this on themselves after the creation of money.

    • @maylai6549
      @maylai6549 4 года назад

      @Rudy Garcia Since we know this modern slavery system that caused most of the peoples living in struggling and suffering lives, it's time for us to think how can we help each others and care for each others for the betterment of our human world ?

    • @lewisbracken5520
      @lewisbracken5520 4 года назад

      @@michaelcnorth1982 utopian bullshit. we need money.

    • @georgesmall1415
      @georgesmall1415 3 года назад +1

      @Rudy Garcia it's called capitalism. The poor give their time, left with no time to live the life you work for, for the rich to get richer while the poor stay poor. We are fuel that power the elite, the corporations & it's not money they want, it's power, money is just the tool that enables power.

  • @kelb6073
    @kelb6073 7 лет назад +146

    It's amazing what parents get away with.

    • @AfricanBliss254
      @AfricanBliss254 4 года назад +10

      Yes, here on earth but not before the Creator of all things.

    • @holyexperience1976
      @holyexperience1976 4 года назад +6

      @@AfricanBliss254
      For many parents to understand just because you are the parent does not mean you cannot do wrong, including, there is no such thing as not being too harsh in discipline, it is not ok to name call or cuss at your child, to name a couple things. Parents have boundaries to follow as well, not just the youth. Being someone's elder does not mean you can do whatever without boundaries.

  • @laurendoda6023
    @laurendoda6023 3 года назад +10

    Terry's video made me 😢 I hope his soul is at rest now.

  • @cocodakilla
    @cocodakilla 4 года назад +21

    One of the saddest video. He lived his life on the street and was dying so painfully 😪 I hope he is at peace now. He just seems to have accepted it and doesn't sound bitter at all. The ending is so sad 😭

  • @deepdream19
    @deepdream19 6 лет назад +67

    I think he has learned more in and from life than the most of us... RIP wise man

  • @debbiewilson2247
    @debbiewilson2247 4 года назад +395

    This man never experienced being loved by his parents or anyone, it seems. People need love. It helps us get thru all kinds of things with a lighter heart. This poor guy, now dying of cancer is probably looking forward to getting out of this miserable life he has had to live. It is heartbreaking. Jesus will surely hold out his arms for this man.

    • @brycewakefield6565
      @brycewakefield6565 4 года назад +8

      debbie wilson right and kids kill themselves over bullying or a text message break up

    • @munmisarma4488
      @munmisarma4488 4 года назад

      very right sister.

    • @SuperZenaida1
      @SuperZenaida1 4 года назад +2

      Amen ❤️

    • @divinedachosenone348
      @divinedachosenone348 4 года назад +9

      His next life is 10x better

    • @bennyoropeza5665
      @bennyoropeza5665 4 года назад +14

      Psalms 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

  • @amyandbaby7847
    @amyandbaby7847 4 года назад +21

    250% hands down my favorite person you've interviewed. I love him. He is such a sweet sweet soul. I'd love to wish that he is still here with us here, and the cancer dissapeared and he recovered completely. I wish I had known him and could of listened to his stories- Hes just that sweet to me.

  • @xx_somescenecath0lic_xx888
    @xx_somescenecath0lic_xx888 3 года назад +61

    I hope he's in heaven now. I'm sorry society has failed you.

  • @stratu23
    @stratu23 6 лет назад +39

    This great man is now Immortal.

  • @nanipanini
    @nanipanini 7 лет назад +138

    i'm crying. i'm so sorry even though he told you not to be sorry, but I cant help it. i'm sorry.

    • @selinahester1163
      @selinahester1163 4 года назад +8

      I can't stop crying.

    • @barbarapalmer8224
      @barbarapalmer8224 4 года назад +6

      @@selinahester1163 you are a very nice lady selina. Full of ocompassion for other unfortunate people.
      As Traci said "stay sweet." 🌺💐

  • @Zane_Alto
    @Zane_Alto 3 года назад +14

    How he held tears back several times shows you how strong hes become through his life

  • @jocelyn3081
    @jocelyn3081 3 года назад +15

    "I lived a great life", oh this touched my heart, because (beyond the circumstances) in a deeper way, I really think he did.
    Terry, I hope you be at Home now.

  • @roisinnishe7533
    @roisinnishe7533 7 лет назад +112

    takes a lot to make me cry, but this did it. what a horrible life...may Terry rest in the peace he clearly could not have on earth.

    • @vivians9392
      @vivians9392 4 года назад +5

      I wonder if those horrible parents ever had any other children? I hope not!

  • @bobmalone4519
    @bobmalone4519 6 лет назад +768

    I think after death a lot of people will get the joy and peace they deserve.

    • @jimmyle3757
      @jimmyle3757 6 лет назад +31

      bob malone I totally agree life is risk death is peace

    • @cardimars757
      @cardimars757 4 года назад +15

      @@jimmyle3757 if it wasn't for this beast system then life would be a lot better overall for everyone. Do away with amnesia, disaster capitalism, & protecting pedophiles/kidnapping of children. People don't clothe, feed or bathe cockroaches so why do so for the likes of the Pickton pig farm serial killer? Not worthy of oxygen or water, just a waste of both & an instant death would be too good for such trash. All this money & attention wasted on the dead, when it can be used to actually help those whom are still living going through tremendous pain or dealing with severe past trauma. Good luck, because I'm not sure that true love alone is enough to solve any of this.

    • @marklarder5449
      @marklarder5449 4 года назад +22

      Trust in the Lord and repent of your sins.....life after death will definitely be better once you do that......

    • @andreasliosatos6176
      @andreasliosatos6176 4 года назад +1

      Yeah life is obviously for us rich untouched filthy lucky assholes he is better off dead " amen"

    • @marklarder5449
      @marklarder5449 4 года назад +3

      @@sellis518 nope

  • @muspopuspo3931
    @muspopuspo3931 3 года назад +12

    damn this is so sad that I saw this 9 years later knowing he’s not with us anymore

  • @user-ff4pi9dc3g
    @user-ff4pi9dc3g 3 года назад +7

    Terry passed from cancer 2 months after this video was uploaded, and to this day only 500K people on youtube know his story, this is so severely sad that this did not receive the attention it needed. This man was living in the richest country in the world his whole life just to be treated the poorest.

  • @leegonzalez3269
    @leegonzalez3269 4 года назад +266

    Your finally home buddy...God has you in His embrace❤️

    • @PrincessAfrica3
      @PrincessAfrica3 4 года назад +15

      Amen, Terry is in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ ♥️

    • @casskop
      @casskop 4 года назад +5

      @@PrincessAfrica3 Amen to that❤

    • @spymasterk4873
      @spymasterk4873 4 года назад +1

      @@PrincessAfrica3 is he dead?

    • @evanmcqueen18
      @evanmcqueen18 4 года назад +1

      Amen

    • @Zeustah
      @Zeustah 4 года назад +2

      Joe Shmoe how do you know?

  • @superturboawesome1
    @superturboawesome1 6 лет назад +10

    Holy fuck man.
    I live in that city. Been there my whole life. I would have been 26 when this was made. Had no idea there was anyone living like this in Calgary.
    I don't understand how that could happen here to a man like that. He seems so sharp. RIP brother Terry.

  • @_beenygga1694
    @_beenygga1694 4 года назад +23

    I feel sad for people who’s life is screwed and that cant do anything😔😔

  • @theman44ful
    @theman44ful 3 года назад +8

    My mom has metastasized small cell lung cancer. It’s just really hard and when he said his first wish was that no one ever got it again I just broke down. Truly a good human.

  • @donnahogan6762
    @donnahogan6762 7 лет назад +68

    I feel so bad for him to have to start at the age of 8 with such problems... very sad . prayers

  • @jimmyfreeman5714
    @jimmyfreeman5714 4 года назад +34

    Cold hearted world.😞 Right on for listening to him, brother. He just wanted someone to listen, most of all...🙏

  • @briannaowens9339
    @briannaowens9339 3 года назад +26

    Rip to him, may his soul rest in peace🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @ginkothree3728
    @ginkothree3728 3 года назад +4

    2 a.m and I'm crying for Terry. You are not forgotten ♥

  • @jessxxy
    @jessxxy 6 лет назад +37

    What a beautiful soul.. very courageous and humble... x

  • @liveyourbestlife143
    @liveyourbestlife143 5 лет назад +24

    This one broke me..... tears are streaming...... so very sad. GOD bless this man

  • @paleaxolotl3418
    @paleaxolotl3418 3 года назад +19

    Rest in peace terry, you no longer have to suffer.
    No child should ever have to go homeless, Terry is a superhero, homeless for 50 years wow.
    We miss you terry

    • @Josh_L06
      @Josh_L06 3 года назад

      @@KM-wf9yx stfu you low life piece of shit atleast he cares about people unlike you you low life fuck

    • @KM-wf9yx
      @KM-wf9yx 3 года назад

      @@Josh_L06 - Triggered pussy libtard! Go kiss his ass and maybe fist him too, you sick sjw who doesn't really give af except to appear as if you care! Twisted evil, demon!

  • @riffan3905
    @riffan3905 3 года назад +4

    I want to hug him and give him everything I can from my life. Sweet human being. Rest in Paradise.

  • @bigspoon7984
    @bigspoon7984 7 лет назад +89

    This poor Angel enjoys Heaven now. Blessed be his remarkable soul. Life transgressions are surely passed; he is at last at peace. May God forgive the father, for such a cruel path.

    • @Non-religiou
      @Non-religiou 4 года назад +3

      Hope the karma got to the dad for kicking his son out. He don't deserve to be a father. In fact, there are many people who would make wonderful parents but can't have kids while others who don't do, just wrong.

  • @cjbigcat
    @cjbigcat 4 года назад +16

    I have more respect for this man who never had anything in life then I do for any other man of worldly wealth.

  • @jasont832
    @jasont832 3 года назад +2

    He’s so selfless he doesn’t even have a 3rd wish. So inspiring. He’s richer than all of us on this earth now because he’s in heaven.

  • @ultrabars7070
    @ultrabars7070 3 года назад +125

    he may was a homeless on earth but he is one of the richest now in heaven.

    • @sora8633
      @sora8633 3 года назад +6

      Preach 🙌🏾

    • @JohnDoe-fr1id
      @JohnDoe-fr1id 3 года назад +4

      Only God can judge him

    • @HarshDude126
      @HarshDude126 3 года назад +5

      There is no god. There is no afterlife.

    • @JohnDoe-fr1id
      @JohnDoe-fr1id 3 года назад +8

      @@HarshDude126 You're stupid. Energy must transfer

    • @JohnDoe-fr1id
      @JohnDoe-fr1id 3 года назад +4

      @Ash Calms How did I judge?

  • @atenglangit1
    @atenglangit1 6 лет назад +76

    we need story like this to remind us to be thankful for every little things we have in life..to remind us always count our blessing...

    • @vanessaozolin19
      @vanessaozolin19 4 года назад +2

      @Sarah Taher ur opinion

    • @winning3329
      @winning3329 4 года назад +1

      @Miss Shosho prove he doesn't!

    • @littlegloom
      @littlegloom 4 года назад +2

      @@winning3329
      Prove it does

    • @ahuget
      @ahuget 4 года назад

      This is proof it doesn't

    • @w.k.7277
      @w.k.7277 4 года назад

      Yes, we should be more grateful! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. So profound

  • @sscot720
    @sscot720 6 лет назад +27

    This was at least 7 years ago.. May he spend eternity with God and all the souls in Paradise

  • @MohammadUmairAnsari
    @MohammadUmairAnsari 3 года назад +5

    It's unbelievable how some people just keep their spirits high even in the worst of situations.

  • @someonesmom4053
    @someonesmom4053 3 года назад +6

    He just wanted to be loved. He might never have known it, but he is and he does now. 🙏

  • @33392.
    @33392. 4 года назад +81

    GOD please comfort him and give him what he missed here on earth in Heaven please

    • @HarshDude126
      @HarshDude126 3 года назад +3

      There is no god.

    • @diablo9898
      @diablo9898 3 года назад +1

      He passed away in 2011

    • @franko8408
      @franko8408 3 года назад +2

      @@HarshDude126 keep your opinions toward yourself boyo, stop posting that same reply in the comment section. I assure you nobody wants to hear it.

    • @nsemizap9084
      @nsemizap9084 3 года назад +1

      @@franko8408 thank you this is the second time I saw this guy

    • @mpat100
      @mpat100 3 года назад

      @@HarshDude126 there is a god.

  • @jenniferwilson9579
    @jenniferwilson9579 4 года назад +58

    It is so tragic, so many of the homeless have heartbreaking stories of dysfuctional, neglectful, and abusive familes which is at the root of the problem. 💔

  • @sungit2g111
    @sungit2g111 3 года назад +10

    the fact that hes uncle was the mayor and noone helped the world is broken

  • @ljhm6816
    @ljhm6816 3 года назад +28

    God rest his soul, for in my father's house there are many room's, your place is assured, no more cold night's, the warmth of God's perpetual light will shine upon you for eternity, and your cup will truly overfloweth.

    • @RNB_lovr
      @RNB_lovr 3 года назад +3

      Amen

    • @ljhm6816
      @ljhm6816 3 года назад +3

      @@RNB_lovr have a great holiday period with your chosen people, all the best for 2021.

    • @RNB_lovr
      @RNB_lovr 3 года назад +1

      @@ljhm6816 You too

  • @carmenlangland1393
    @carmenlangland1393 4 года назад +34

    Never judge because, you never now what people go true,this man make me crying I never heard a story like this,my prayers go too him.🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @kb24oc
    @kb24oc 4 года назад +15

    I left home at age 16 when I fought with my dad over potato salad he was a stern strict father with little compassion.....havent seen him since....I totally understand this man and his amazing soul. R.I.P. SIR. MY RESPECT TO YOU.

    • @chillx656
      @chillx656 3 года назад

      Is that a joke or are u fr? Dad leaving u over a fucking salad really doesn't seem believable...

  • @CelticColonel
    @CelticColonel 4 года назад +9

    I knew Terry, his parents and brothers and sisters when I was in my early teens. I had no idea about this situation. Terribly shocking! RIP Terry.

    • @khamilton7537
      @khamilton7537 3 года назад +3

      @grantda2010 G I was a couple of years older than him. I knew him through his brothers Gary and Larry. We were all in the same Army Reserve regiment including Terry. Whenever I saw him it was on a parade night/weekend and he was always there with his brothers. Only went to their house a couple of times and it never entered my mind that Terry was not living there. I did learn that when he was ill his brother, Larry, who at that time lived at least a thousand miles away did reconnect and came to visit him and arrange his funeral. There was a plan for a memorial service but it never happened. As to why his siblings did not take care of him, I have no idea.

    • @nohedidnt3865
      @nohedidnt3865 3 года назад +4

      You shoulda beat his parents

  • @tonyyero7231
    @tonyyero7231 3 года назад +2

    So well spoken and a gentleman.

  • @EmmaAmandaMilli
    @EmmaAmandaMilli 6 лет назад +21

    Poor man he was so sweet cruel world

  • @jacquelineoconnor5401
    @jacquelineoconnor5401 6 лет назад +14

    RIP Terry. May you have eternal peace and happiness, you deserve it. God bless you.

  • @Snowpycat
    @Snowpycat 3 года назад +3

    This video made me tear up. I’m so sorry that a beautiful soul had to go through a difficult life and suffer cancer.

  • @doriathomas2718
    @doriathomas2718 3 года назад +54

    I feel awful, wish he had a better life. So sorry and so sad that he’s dying. I hope his soul finds rest with Jesus.

  • @wachalookingfour
    @wachalookingfour 11 лет назад +43

    He is a very wise guy... we all are born for a reason. and i think he has open the eyes of so many people.

    • @mars188
      @mars188 7 лет назад

      Yeah born have it hard for years then die then a darn good chance you will end up in hell for your sins is it worth being born?

    • @humphreyheimmersmith8131
      @humphreyheimmersmith8131 7 лет назад

      +Wafflezombies1964 I think that way too

  • @SEdwards1000
    @SEdwards1000 6 лет назад +27

    I could have listened to his stories for quite a bit longer. 😥

  • @bbghoul_x
    @bbghoul_x 3 года назад +3

    Rest In Peace Sweet man, May God rest your soul. 🙏❤️

  • @ryanjofre
    @ryanjofre 3 года назад +1

    Thanks youtube for showing this 10 years late.
    I promise to never fail my children as god as my witness.

  • @psychedforlife7176
    @psychedforlife7176 7 лет назад +42

    Thank you for sharing his story. It breaks my heart to know so many children are unloved by their parents causing great trauma for life. I wish more people were more loving and kind.

  • @tutlady64
    @tutlady64 6 лет назад +24

    Bless his heart!! I hope he found peace in his next life, RIP!!

  • @mothersarmsreadinesscoachi9360
    @mothersarmsreadinesscoachi9360 3 года назад +3

    If he had three wishes - he could only think of 2. And neither were for himself.
    We should all see who this man was. A hidden saint among us.
    I wish I could have known you.
    YOUR LIFE MATTERED
    I’m in tears

  • @lilliancordova6721
    @lilliancordova6721 6 лет назад +12

    May God Bless this man. Lilly

  • @wontonOwisdom
    @wontonOwisdom 13 лет назад +14

    Send this on to your friends because this is the true spirit of homelessness.

    • @vivians9392
      @vivians9392 4 года назад

      I try to imagine not having close, lifelong friends, and never having been in the military with buddies, either. What a lonely man...

  • @dzim8822
    @dzim8822 3 года назад +1

    Watching this poor man makes me feel grateful for what I've had in my life.

  • @bridgettmoody1475
    @bridgettmoody1475 3 года назад +2

    He seems like such a sweet and genuine person who made the best of a bad situation and was truly appreciative of what he had. We could all learn something from him.

  • @luciatat4084
    @luciatat4084 4 года назад +42

    Wow, homeless at 8, this broke my heart...:((

    • @vivians9392
      @vivians9392 4 года назад

      I wonder if he knew his true birthday? And I grieve him missing all those years of Christmas...at least 50!

    • @someoneofgods2620
      @someoneofgods2620 3 года назад

      @@vivians9392 well that could be a blessing in disguise... Jesus wasn't born in December. Jeremiah 10:2-4
      2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
      3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
      4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

  • @DBSpy1
    @DBSpy1 13 лет назад +26

    Will someone give this guy a hug and hold his hand for me,his child hood sounds familiar. Thank you for taking care of him Canada,if he was here they would have found a way to let him die alone in the streets I fear. California.

  • @Andra007S
    @Andra007S 4 года назад +3

    It's been a long time since I didn't feel this pain in my soul. Bless his heart, what a beautiful human being! He understood and accepted life the way it was offered to him. What a beautiful person! Hopefully we can learn from his story and understand that at the end of the day, it is not our condition, environment, people that make us happy, it is simply ourselves. Bless him!

  • @Carolina-Girl-214
    @Carolina-Girl-214 3 года назад +1

    I'm heartbroken and in tears.

  • @Antilli
    @Antilli 13 лет назад +476

    Poor guy... He never got a chance to live..

    • @mysteryandmeaning297
      @mysteryandmeaning297 4 года назад +37

      He did. Did you watch whole video. Said he worked and traveled all over Canada and u.s

    • @patcola7335
      @patcola7335 4 года назад +37

      58 and he looks like he is 78. Sad,..so very sad. I hope this man is with the LORD now.

    • @Pcarnevaaa
      @Pcarnevaaa 4 года назад +9

      He’s dead. He has been dead long time ago.

    • @darrellclark9596
      @darrellclark9596 4 года назад +12

      @@mysteryandmeaning297 he knew ever one of his house mates names as if they were his brothers..a life he lived
      God Bless you Terry!

    • @returnofthemac8179
      @returnofthemac8179 4 года назад +2

      He said that he had a good life.