Many homeless veterans will lose their faith during their fight to survive
I’m a god fearing man. Many homeless veterans are. But when you’re a veteran and you lose everything, your faith is tested like it’s never been before. This is because of the mental beating your soul takes everyday you’re lost in the community with no home to go to, andContinue Reading
Many Homeless Veterans Can’t Help But Feel “Broken”
When you’ve lost everything and someone asks you “How are you doing?” there is pinch that you may feel. At least I know I feel the pinch. Etiquette calls for you to say “Oh, I’m fine”. You may have been raised to not unload your problems on someone you mayContinue Reading
What would you do if you lost everything and became homeless?
If you’ve been keeping up with this blog recently, you know that I’m once again struggling in the Orlando housing crisis with nowhere to go. It’s a waking nightmare that I wish would just end. But I have a question? Have you ever wondered what you would if you lostContinue Reading
Costs for returning to work after homelessness is a problem for some Vets
Unfortunately, if you’re a homeless veteran in Florida (or any other state) for that matter the costs never stop coming. Poverty slams you into the ground, grabs the back of your face and keeps slamming it into the pavement. It’s a constant beating. Even when you’ve managed to find aContinue Reading
Tuesday Reflections: Fight, Fight, Fight…
The depression you experience after you lose everything is devastating. So much so, that you don’t feel like fighting anymore. When you lose your home you want to quit. You want to crawl into a hole and disappear. But myself, along with many others in Orlando have to push thatContinue Reading
Monday Reflections: How to feel when no help is coming
When you’re trying to fight off homelessness in Orlando, it doesn’t even feel like you’re in the same town. Sadly, this isn’t the first time I’ve struggled during this housing crisis, and the environment for recovery here is so hostile that I’ve never felt further away from the community IContinue Reading
Aurora VA prosthetics scandal is proof we need more oversight
An infuriating report out of Aurora, Colorado on Monday morning, confirmed that the prosthetics chief of that Department of Veterans Affairs facility canceled 1000 orders leaving veterans without help. (story HERE). This is why we need more eyeballs on the VA and not less. I’ve said many times that mostContinue Reading
Sunday Reflections: The pain of realizing your going to lose everything
When you’re looking at your finances and you realize that you’re going to lose everything, there is a physical pain you feel. I imagine its what it would feel like if someone took a frozen piece of ice and stabbed you in the chest with it. I’ve felt it twiceContinue Reading
To Succeed and Fail in Orlando: A painful comparison
Right now, I’m without a home in Orlando. I’ve been in this town since early childhood, and I offer a painful perspective that I can share with you with the hope you’ll never have to experience it one day. I’ve succeeded in the City Beautiful in the past. And nowContinue Reading
Saturday Reflections: Weekends for those struggling in Orlando are for depression
You can fight. Take every second of your waking existence trying to prevent yourself from becoming homeless in Orlando. But the process will stop the clock for you. Every Friday at 5pm. Such is my case in this Orlando housing crisis trying to find some way to pull myself up.Continue Reading