No for now...
These past few months have brought many lessons. Can loved ones be trusted? Will friends always listen? Will promises or intentions be honest and kept? What happens when you are vulnerable an unable to find shelter? Why money and work and security are often combined in order to provide security? Why is it vital to eradicate folks out of your life? All of these questions and many more have led me to realize that if I don’t stop and take care of me and my daughter no one else will be there to pick up the pieces. I have answered phone calls in the midst of the storm when the first few minutes were spent on inquiring about my well-being and the remainder of the conversation was about more work that I just had to do. Only a few have checked in to make sure that I and we actually have a temporary roof over our heads. And my expectation of basic humanity continues to be elevated because I depend on God and not man alone for the small joys that I find in my daughter’s laughter and the releas...