From the archives: This story was last updated in February 2019.
What goes around comes around, as the saying goes, and for this homeless man who acted out of compassion, he was rewarded when he least expected it.Ron is a homeless man from Salt Lake City, Utah, and as he was sitting near a freeway exit with a sign asking for work or help, Angel Janes drove past on her way home. She felt compelled to stop, and although she had neither a job nor money to offer him, she gave him a cigarette. Wrapped tightly in a blanket in his arms was a tiny dog—a Chihuahua. Angel struck up a conversation with Ron and asked him about the dog.