A veteran journalist friend once instructed, simply, that “writing is just thinking!” That wisdom influenced the writing of Park Street Angels – a Chronicle of Hope, where I documented what I saw and heard, what I thought and realized as I commuted to work every day from the suburbs to Boston, encountering a homeless stranger who would help me understand the experiences that shaped his life and that would change mine forever. That wisdom, together with a lot of research and collaboration with former work colleagues, also influenced my work writing grants and developing health education programs in my career as a public health program director.