Homeless in Boston

One man's account of facing homelessness from day one

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Required Reading

Here are, what I feel, the most relevant articles in chronological order(Oldest first), so you can condense the story if you're pressed for time

Into the System I Go

Help Seems Further Away 

Quality of Life Down, Yet Quality of Friends Up


The Little Birds, and They Won't Shut the F*** Up! (unedited)


What Little Difference a Day Makes


And Still I Rise


The Stories Untold


Aint I Homeless Enough For You


A Little Help Please, To Help Others


Shelter Rules From D Block


My Greatest Lesson in Relativity

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As of today, thanks to your help I have taken 8 people for Food stamps, Mass Health, Welfare, and or SSI. I have assisted one person in a temp place to live while their 30 days out of shelter policy is in effect. I've thrown a Memorial Day BBQ for homeless men. I've assisted in getting others housing. Through help of Mitzvah Circle I have distibuted a variety of needed items to the homeless here and elsewhere, ranging from toiletries, socks, shoes, bags, all the way to writing materials, clothes, & medical supplies.

I am currently collecting for a 4th of July Boston Harbor Islands Homeless BBQ. Please help me raise enough to take as many people as I can to the islands for the day, so they can enjoy a sense of normalcy for the day. Till you're in this position you can never understand just how important that is for mental stability, and for self empowerment!

I don't ask for much for myself, and frankly I don't need much, but I can't continue to help others from within the system without your help, so please give generously. I help people who are ready to help themselves, and who are genuinely trying to better their lives, so your donation is NEVER wasted on a dead end, or spent for someone who will drink it away.

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Fact is I'm not sure who I am right now. Seems like yesterday I was you. Meaning things were tough, yet I never seen the big picture, and was unable to see just how much trouble I was in. Ten years ago I was that guy who was able to make things happen however I needed. Had a fantastic career, I was the guy everyone loved to be around, could learn new talents almost effortlessly, and for the most part had everything I wanted. Then one day... (a very notable day that I'll refrain from mentioning seeing as I don't want to put it all on that day because it was a series of other events that followed that escalated, but it was definately the "beggining of the end")....... I slipped into a depression. To make a long story short, that depression and the anxiety that came with it, left me in a "things will be better tomorrow" state of mind. Well, as if in the blink of an eye, tomorrow is here, 10 yrs later, and I have not made a single good descision or acomplishment, and now I am officially in the ranks of the homeless.
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Blog Archive

  • ▼  2011 (93)
    • ▼  September (7)
      • New site is live! Change bookmarks to HomelessLife...
      • Higher Ground
      • Invisible Picnic! Sat 9/24 1pm University Park, Ce...
      • This Ones For You, B
      • The Monster at the End of This Book
      • Ladies Night
      • Listen Up Children
    • ►  August (14)
    • ►  July (18)
    • ►  June (25)
    • ►  May (22)
    • ►  April (7)

Resources

  • Mass Coalition for the Homeless
  • Boston Public Health Commision
  • Food Stamps in Mass
  • Housing Works

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