Category: homeless
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The Skin of Water: #bookreview
The Skin of Water by Cristina Salat is mostly set in San Francisco. Sixteen-year-old Lisel has run away from her home in New Mexico. She spends a few days squatting with a new homeless friend. Her uncle has moved into her home in a Pueblo community in New Mexico. The house was left to her…
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Guest Post on Sammiches and Psych Meds: Homeless Mermaid
Sammiches and Psychmeds published a rewrite of my Homeless Mermaid post. You can find it here. http://www.sammichespsychmeds.com/the-homeless-mermaid-and-the-whale-my-story-of-abuse-and-freedom/ I’m going to go have some sort of chocolate to celebrate. Also, hoping to think of a million other genius ideas. No pressure. Just chocolate and celebrating and brainstorming.
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Homeless Sessions: No Shelter
About eight years ago at Christmas time, I was homeless. In some ways, I was lucky. I didn’t have to sleep on an actual sidewalk in an actual cardboard box. I did see plenty of people that had no where else to go. I saw too many children that were homeless and hungry. There were…
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Crisis=Opportunity: NaBloPoMo
Rahm Emanuel said, “You never let a serious crisis go to waste.” Have you ever spun a crisis into an opportunity? I suppose so. It didn’t feel like an opportunity usually does. There wasn’t the excitement or happiness. After I left my abusive relationship, I had the opportunity to live in a domestic violence shelter…
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