Today, as I celebrate nearly seven years of good health, and a productive life, I find myself grateful for my friendships with a few special international students. This young woman is a college student from a part Nairobi, Kenya, Africa, where I lived in 2002. We met just this fall, 2014. I’ve enjoyed talking with her, […]
Archives for December 2014
The Homeless Experience: Celebrating Christmas, 2014
While I was homeless, I never begged, I never pushed a shopping cart, and I never spent time with other homeless people. Had I not been so anti-social, I could have accepted help from a women’s shelter, and socialized with other homeless women. (Of course, had I not been mentally ill, I could have accepted […]
Homelessness in the Media: Victory in Fort Lauderdale
Today, Florida’s new law, prohibiting the feeding of homeless people in public spaces, was overturned. Arnold Abbott, a 90-year-old World War II veteran, resolved to continue to feed the homeless (as he had for two decades) despite the new law. At one point, police approached him and told him to “Drop that plate right now!” […]
