Tina, her beginning to homelessness | The Homeless Experience
by Cathy
When Tina’s dad died, he had life insurance which should have guaranteed a new start for Tina. Unable to cope with the grief, she masked it. I think Tina said it best, “Drugs weren’t the problem, they were the solution to my pain. As I begin this part of Tina’s story, I am reminded of how small my scope of homelessness is. How can I even imagine living a life that seems so far away. Tina had a whole bunch of life circumstances happen to her. ” Tina had love in her life…she lacked other things needed to help her make decisions that were good for her. And yet I realize, it is circumstances and our inability to overcome them or change them that can put us into life situations we never imagined. JFK (John Kennedy) said, ” A miseducated child is a child lost....
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