Poor Mom of 3 Shelters Homeless Man, Helps Him Finish $1M Scientific Research Project — Story of the Day

Jennifer decided to help a homeless man after finding out he was a struggling scientist like her father. Thanks to her help, he finishes a million-dollar scientific research project that changes not just his life, but her life for good.

Jennifer was a single mother who struggled to raise three kids after her husband, David, died in an accident. David worked as a construction worker who lost his life because of a freak accident at the site he worked on when Jennifer was eight months pregnant with their third child.

The company that David worked for paid for his funeral arrangements and for Jennifer’s hospital bill upon giving birth, but they stopped at that. They refused to provide any other financial support aside from David’s final paycheck, which led to Jennifer having to work while caring for three children.

One day, Jennifer stood in line at the grocery store with her children. In front of her was a homeless man in shabby clothes who lacked 20 cents to pay for the bread he wanted to buy. “Please,” he begged the cashier. “If you could just give it to me at 20 cents off, I would really appreciate it. I haven’t eaten proper food in days,” he cried.

“If I do that for every single homeless man in town, I’m going to go broke. Please pick out something else that you can actually afford,” the cashier responded.

Jennifer felt bad for the man and decided to check her wallet for some spare change. She saw that she had 20 cents, so she tapped the man on the shoulder. “Here,” she said, handing him the coins. “Go ahead and pay for the bread.”

The homeless man flashed a big smile on his face. “Thank you so much,” he told Jennifer. “You are an angel.”

When Jennifer left the store with her kids, she loaded the trunk with her groceries. She saw the homeless man she helped sitting on one of the street benches, devouring a piece of bread. Then, she noticed him pinching from his bread to feed to the doves who stood on the bench beside him.

Seeing how the man still gave to the animals despite not having much left to eat, Jennifer decided to approach him. “I hope you don’t mind me asking,” she said as she approached. “What led you to the street?”

The man looked up at her and began to share his story. He introduced himself as David and asked Jennifer and her children to sit beside him on the bench.

“I was a scientist for a local university,” David revealed. “The research I was doing was so close to being completed, but my wife grew impatient with the small amount of money I was taking home every month,” he shared.