Looking Back

This was written on October 28, 2006 while my husband and I were homeless.

"We have been homeless now since the 17th of this month. It seems much longer than it really has been. A couple more weeks and we will be in some kind of place that will at least provide shelter and won't have to sleep outside in the cold anymore. I have been homeless before going from house to house, lived in a shack without electricity, lived in a car and even lived in a tent, but never had I slept in the cold on hard concrete, a piece of wood or in the wet grass. These are new experiences for me. I wish it weren't this way but it is and there's nothing we can do about it at the moment but to keep moving along our path. Not give up. Each day brings us new opportunities to make the best of the day we are in and to hopefully do something that can make the days ahead better."

I remember the struggles we went through for several years. There were times I nearly gave up. Sometimes when I feel overwhelmed with life I actually remember the simplicity of being homeless. No bills, no pressure, no due dates, no IRS. No one expected anything because we had nothing. Only each other and God.