Your Life Matters
YOUR LIFE MATTERS Melita Carter This is a story shared by Melita Carter - one of our youth development facilitators - all of whom utilize their talents and passion to help youth in our community succeed. We're very lucky to have Melita as well as all of our other youth development facilitators on our team. After reading her essay, we think you'll agree! Last Friday, as I was leaving a PLC elementary school program, I came to the stop light of 42nd and Post Rd and saw a young African American male with three children. He was crossing two very busy streets while holding one child in one arm, carrying a three month old in a car seat, and leading a four year who was holding onto the baby's car seat. This young man had on no coat or gloves, was struggling with all these children, and it was freezing outside. As he passed me, I rolled down my window and yelled to him, "Hey brother would you like a ride?" He stopped and looked at me shivering and replied, "Yes!! Please that would be nice!" I told him to hold on while I made a u-turn at the light. We put the kids in the car, and I proceeded to drive him home and, as always, I never meet a stranger so we talked like we were old friends. I said to him,