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After walking out of this hotel room I broke down. To be honest, I don’t know how Jean does it all. She tries to be a good mother to her five children. Every day, even in the Missouri rain, she rides a bicycle to her minimum wage job. But minimum wage is not enough for the family to break the …

This is the real face of homelessness that is rarely seen. Candace lives in a weekly rate hotel with her four children in Wentzville, Missouri. Even the federal definition of homelessness does not see this family making all the numbers the government publishes on family and child homelessness at best a good guess. The numbers are much, much higher. Candace …

Dianna just landed a new job but that may not be enough. She lives in a weekly rate, rundown hotel and will be homeless again by the end of the week. Dianna is single with no children and there is very little support. She keeps fighting for a better life, yet in today’s economic crisis a better life is nearly …

Emil is what the media has dubbed an “economic homeless”, which is a term I hate because I am close to being one myself. We met in St Petersburg, Florida, where is has lived on and off the streets for two years now. Read full original post.

“Things got complicated” is how Daphne describes living homeless. She was laid off then unemployment checks stopped. Living outside homeless is not camping. If you are the outdoors type and enjoy camping you know it’s choice. After a few days or a week you can go back to living with a roof, shower, fridge and bathroom. Long time ago when …

I hope you see what I see. I met Magic in New Orleans. For some time no one was even approaching her. I am sure most people look at people like Magic with disgust. What I see is a girl who grew up hard on the streets having to do things to survive that no person should have to do. …

Mama D lost her apartment in San Antonio, Texas. She has cancer and is out in the streets. But now the city only has one homeless services so she’d rather sleep outside then be in ‘prison’ Haven For Hope is a newly opened shelter in town. I only spent a little time there. Although the facility is impressive their solution …

Ken went through a bad divorce, lost everything he had, and moved to Austin, Texas, to start over. As luck would have it due to health reasons he cannot work. Read full original post.

As I was walking up to the area in New Orleans where Dave and around a dozen other homeless people were sitting on a sidewalk the local police were making them move. At first I thought how rude. It was over 100 degrees and they were trying to find shade by a local church. But then on another street the …

I met Jeffrey in Austin, Texas. He is a glass artist and he wants to start a nonprofit that makes artificial eyes for families that cannot afford them. It also just so happens that Alan Graham from Mobile Loaves & Fishes was wish me that day. Please support Alan’s work so there is an RV for everyone that needs one. …

I love people. I know everyone says that, especially at job interviews, but I honestly do love people. And yes, it’s no secret that I have an extra fondness for homeless people. Often I run into the most creative and industrious people on the streets, which is how Tilly caught my attention in Austin, Texas. Tilly found all this sting …

Levite is homeless in Wichita, Kansas. Right now he lives in a weekly rate, rundown hotel. These hotels are normally in a bad area and are not safe. His mom was drinking and kicked him out, which is how he became homeless. Levite just found a job and is now working trying to get far away from the current environment. …