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We may joke, but homeless life is not something we are new at. I pray our path doesn’t take us that direction but if it does, we will still make it beautiful.

Struggle and survival is about all we know. So while we joke and laugh about it, the struggle we are headed for is very real. A struggle, somehow I knew was coming. I really had high hopes that the funding would have worked to obtain the house. It would have dropped our rent from $1025Continue reading “We may joke, but homeless life is not something we are new at. I pray our path doesn’t take us that direction but if it does, we will still make it beautiful.”

Scared, excited, scared, excited…. Anxiety… 🙄

There’s so much good happening and so much scary. I’ve grown appreciative over the last few days over my daughter’s willingness to continue to struggle, even more so than we are now, in hopes for a better future. Something she said kind of still just keeps repeating in my head… “How’s that any different thanContinue reading “Scared, excited, scared, excited…. Anxiety… 🙄”

The anxiety has set in 🙄 but I know this is the right thing to do. Change is never easy, but you will never fly if you don’t try.

The reality of the fact that I just resigned from my job has set in. I will have to say that my job has been less that ideal for a long time. The misery in the workplace is more than most can tolerate and also a huge reason a lot of others have already left.Continue reading “The anxiety has set in 🙄 but I know this is the right thing to do. Change is never easy, but you will never fly if you don’t try.”