
“Homeless in America”
It could happen to you 2
Hello everyone , I want to discuss this Homelessness situation in our great country.i want to talk to you about it, from “My own personal experience” Yes my friends it happened to me and, you know what?? I’m a better person for the Journey.
I’m blessed to have had that “Journey, life lesson”, because it made me a stronger, wiser, more compassionate Human being” 😇 you see while on that Journey, I realized who my family and, real friends were. I learned that I had courage that I’d never known, had that never happened to me.let me back up for a minute .I’d known I was strong prior to that experience because, I’d lost a “Son”.
I managed through the “Grace of God,and a couple true friends,to pull myself together” after I’d gotten that tragedy under “control” so to speak, then the unimaginable happened to me!! 🙃. I was staying with a family member and that person decided to pack up all of my belongings while I was at work,and pile them up, “Outside in her front yard” !! 😑. I’d worked the mid shift from 3:00 to 12:00 am. It was on a weekend.
I’d been staying with this family member for Approximately 2 years. It was a very nice House 3 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms. And just the 2 of us. She helped me get “My legs back up under me”, after I’d moved away from my own home, trying to start over,and make a fresh start, while relocating and dealing with,the loss of my Son. So again this person allowed me to stay with her, and we helped each other during my stay there.
I went to work, and for the first time in 3 years I could “Exhale”, for the first 6 months things were almost perfect. Then, I started to find out that, this person was not the same person,that I’d “literally grown up with”. She was very bitter,and sad and actually Quite broken”. This person was literally on “Mood medication”. Sometimes, she wouldn’t take them then they’d be “Violent Episodes”. ( Once the police was actually called to our home”
So having sad all that, simply to give some understanding as to how I came to be “Homeless”, I won’t go much further into that part of my story. However, I want to say this, when I arrived home from work that night at 12:00, as I stated my things were literally outside, so of course I phoned the police hoping to at the very least, get inside the house, until either her medication started working, or we simply worked it out. You see, she’d get upset and then, soon after, she’d be simply wonderful.!! So I thought maybe this will blow over, too.
Well unfortunately that didn’t happen.you see the officer that came to our home really didn’t handle the situation properly. He separated the two of us, and “God only knows what she told this man”, and he did not allow me to enter the house.he told her to put my things back inside, until I could properly remove them.! 😱 This police officer,” had he told her to resolve this through the Legal system”, could’ve spared me from being, Homeless. He never even bothered to listen to what I was trying to tell him that night.
Let me say this, Our police are wonderful I can’t imagine a world without them 😁 However I do think they don’t realize exactly how much power they actually have Maybe I’ll be lucky and 1,or more of my reader’s will be In law enforcement and realize that a situation like that, should indeed be handled by, “The legal system”.so whoever that officer was, his judgement call, “Placed me, on the homeless journey”. In all fairness, maybe that was a blessing ?? Because that person could’ve harmed me that night, had I been allowed inside.
I’m going to be wrapping up with How I came to be homeless, right after telling you that, I was very hurt, by her actions that night. Because although she had “Mental problems, I feel as though her actions had to have quite a bit of” Personal motives involved. Because she actually recounted, problems that we’d had, years prior to this day. Many, many years ago.Also i hadn’t been around her, for years prior to, moving in with her. What really was just “Pure evil, this lady flushed my 2 Japanese Bettas,down the toilet” I was truly disturbed by that. It sent chills down my Spine!!
I’ll end this part of my story by saying that, this person actually is a Sibling of mines 😞

This picture was me over the next few days, I couldn’t believe it happened, I’d sit and stare and talk to “God”, and I’d ask God to, take away the terrible thoughts of, retaliation I had for her!! I’m only human. So I was able to rent a motel room for awhile however, at nearly $100 a day, ( with no refrigerator,or microwave) I wasn’t able to stay after awhile. I still had my bills to pay to I ended up, sleeping in my Car. 😞
Wow, people were not very kind towards those of us who were out there .listen up “This could happen to, YOU TOO” 😱 no one ever thinks it’s going to be, them. Guess what, all of the people out there, thought that way, until it happened to THEM. I want to say this, please don’t be so mean to them.no one wants to be homeless, it’s not a glamorous life !! However, you do learn a lot about people,life during that time.
I’ve met some total strangers who wanted to help me, and Did. My thing is this, “I had terrible trust issues after that.you see, if my own Sister, could treat me like this, then how could I trust ANYONE else ?? ( For the record, I have more than 1 sister, so as not to actually say who it was). I had to realize that, people are just human beings first then, they’re whatever else, they are in life.
The video explained a lot, this Pastor, pretended to be homeless, to find out what ( generally speaking) type of congregation, he had. You see you never know, who you’re being cruel to in the homeless community. “What if it’s an Angel”? We’re all human beings. Everyone homeless, “Had a home at one time” ask yourselves, would you want to be treated like a Criminal, simply because some situation or person placed you onto that Journey.😮
I Know you’ve heard all this before, and will again,and again. I’m simply trying to tell you to, please STOP judging the homeless. It shouldn’t matter why they’re out there, it happened.!! So what kind of human being are you?? Are you uncaring about your fellow man/woman? 🤔 Because, that could be you. I’ve met some pretty decent, productive, well to do people, when I was out there, and let me tell you, “They never thought it could’ve happened to them!! However once again, they came out on the other side, more wiser, mature, compassionate.of course I’m sure everyone doesn’t benefit from it !!! And every person homeless, isn’t necessarily good people, there are some “Genuine Assholes out there, like any other group of people, there’s “ good, bad and ugly” 😁
I believe that if you make it through that Journey, you’ll generally be better than before. You see life isn’t all good for anyone.and it shouldn’t be. Ok if you were stranded on a deserted island, would you want to be stranded with a “Princess/prince”, or someone who hasn’t been sheltered and had a “Silver spoon in his or her mouth” ??? 🤔

I feel bad for the people who judge the homeless, and laugh at them and make jokes because, my God what if it happens to them.?? And you Know sometimes Karma will put you in situations to learn what other less fortunate people go through. So the next time you pass someone down on his/ her luck., If you can’t be nice, sympathetic “At least don’t be cruel”, they’d rather you just act as though you don’t see them ,then to laugh and stare with disgust.😢
“Walk a block in these shoes”, notice I didn’t say Mile, because you won’t actually need that much time to understand, what it’s all about.🙃 Your world will be “Upside down”
Nowadays I look back and I thank my Sister, first of all she probably saved both of our lives by her actions.either one or both of us would’ve gotten harmed, had I stayed.also I feel sorry for her, she’s missing out on all the “True love, I had for her”, I actually loved her, faults and all. I kept hoping she’d see that, and that my love for her, would be enough to work out things .
Although she’ll probably never read this?? ,(Then again who knows, maybe someone who knows us may read it and let her know.) “I want to say, thanks for letting me stay in your home, I will always appreciate that, thanks for all your help, support while I was there” This lady did actually help me to get back on track, problem is I stayed too long.i became comfortable. When problems showed up,I should’ve moved on) out.😂 People, when you’re in a situation and things are getting really bad “Get out as soon as possible,” before you have to leave, and you’re unprepared”.
So i hope I shed some light on this dilemma?? Think twice,or even 3 times before being judgemental, towards another human being, for Any reason. “ When things go bad for you, do you want Compassion”?
This story is “Dedicated to my Auntie, Beneaver”, she passed away last August 13th,2017 she was the last Matriarch in our family. She told me that,”I should write a book” with all of my experiences, well Auntie I didn’t write a book, however “I’ve started with this story” I miss her so much, she was 80 years old. She was like a mother to me, my mom died. 40 years ago 😖 (her sister). Sleep in Peace 😇

“The Sun will shine again, to anyone going through something harsh” just try and hang on, if you’re a believer, “Trust in the Lord, ask for help” meanwhile, let others help you, don’t be too proud to ask for help.!! Find out who your friends are, and who in YOUR Family cares. Also, be kind to yourself. 😇, Love yourself don’t wait on others to care for you. “ Peace to you” thanks for reading my story.😁
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