the DDs are in their dance show next week, and so need some bits and pieces for costumes etc.
I took them to the closest high street, which is fairly well known for being a tad deprived, but I normally go during the school day and so don;t see a lot of it.
tonight I took them after school, and the difference is so sad.
people sat on benches swigging 'white lightening'.
parents walkign down the street, pushing a buggy each with toddler in one, baby in other, three older children in school clothes, cussing and yelling at each other, swigging cans of special brew.
maybe I have been very naive not to have seen desperation like this
or blind to it.
I truly am shocked!
and saddened