Compassion?

The other day my husband yelled at a homeless woman that was using the area between our sidewalk and garage as a bathroom. This woman is a regular in our neighbourhood, sometimes she is quite scary and other times just sad and pathetic. She is an addict. I was furious at first that she did this. I have my grandchildren over and there is a five year old next door. Who knows what we are walking through and tracking into our homes. In the middle of the night I started to think about her and wondered if I should be showing some compassion for her, she is a woman after all, and life can be hard for anyone. I do believe that everyone has choices in this life, though.