“Day by day, little by little nothing mattered to me anymore.”
“I used to work in a healthcare setting, for a hospital. I started out as a clerk putting in orders for doctors. Then eventually I made monitor ...
Author: John Hwang
“It’s amazing how one’s morals and ethics change when you’re using drugs.”
“An idle mind is the devil’s workshop. My grandmother used to tell me that but I couldn’t see it. I dug this hole for myself. With the drug ...
“I’m passed the point of being embarrassed having to live in a car.”
“He didn’t want to be a husband anymore. I got tired of trying to be a wife. That was the time I got the most depressed. When you are fighting...
“I got this mental thing, and I think it’s a gift from God.”
“The way it is with me, sometimes I can get frustrated. I got this mental thing, and I think it’s a gift from God. Doctors say that I don’t ...
“I finally forgave the person that raped me”
“I love disney. Before living on the streets, I’m a big kid at heart, so I watched the disney channel all the time, I love disney, I would day...
Redemption and Hope
“As a child I was poisoned by the sin of my family members the males of my family should have been protectors, but they were the predators. I wa...
“I don’t have anyone”
“I can’t function without taking drugs.” He had open sores all over his arms from using dirty needles. Daily struggles of anxiety and depression...
She’s been in my heart
Lately she’s been on my heart. When I’m in Skid Row I always look forward to seeing her. But I hadn’t seen her in months. No one has...
She wants to give her daughter a life she didn’t have
Her earliest childhood memories are of being homeless. She recalls how her mother struggled to support her and her siblings while they lived in their ...
“I love animals,” she said.” They’re always there for you.”
She leaned forward from her wheelchair and bent down to kiss her dog. “I love animals,” she said.” They’re always there for yo...