Feedback ..on my Life As A Homeless Woman story
- gracefromtheinside
- Mar 25, 2020
- 1 min read
Margarett Waterbury,is a food & beverage writer.She is the first person to read my story.Here is part of her long email after she read my story. Kimberly,Thank you so much for sending this-what an honor to get to read it!You have an incredible and moving story, & I am stunned by how resilient you are.You have done an amazing job of including details here that bring your experience to life for the reader.When I was reading the section about how you & Smiley prepared your sleeping spots under the Steel Bridge and your system for storing and carrying your gear,I found myself marveling at how resourceful you were under such terrible circumstances. seriously,graduating from college while being homeless?Astounding.That's hard enough when you have a place to live. You are like a superhero.I really encourage you to get this story out into the world.Even if you decide not to get it published in its entirety,you might consider sharing it with some of the local homeless agencies(of which you are intimately familiar)as well as our local politicians.It's so easy for people who have never been homeless to fail to understand just how hard the experience is, & to remember that people who have houses and people who don't have houses are otherwise the same,with the same concerns, joys,& fears.
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