If you’ve followed me for a while on social media then you may already know the story of Bob and Skip. I met Bob in 2015 when I had a photography studio in Birmingham, United Kingdom. This is the story of how we met one another and the Facebook post that I shared in the June of 2015 about our meeting (with the permission of Bob of course)…

THE ORIGINAL FACEBOOK POST:

‘This is Bob…

Bob is not an alcoholic, Bob is not a drug addict but Bob does live on the streets!!

I met Bob a couple of weeks ago in Birmingham while he was sat, with his trusty sidekick, Skip, reading his book in the sunshine. He had a big smile on his face and I love dogs so I had to stop and give Skip some fuss. We sat and spoke for a while about all sorts of things like the power of the sun, books, people, love, war and life in general… As we talked more he told me about his life and his time in the Green Jackets, serving all over the world including two tours of Northern Ireland, his time running a pub in Great Yarmouth, the break down of his marriage due to his alcoholism and his now 14-year sobriety!

The whole time we chatted Bob gave off the most infectious, positive energy and outlook on his situation and the journey that had…