On Tuesday, April 5, 2011, a group of who used to be called homeless decided to visit us that day to talk about their experiences when they were unhoused (homeless). They volunteered to tell their stories to us. One guy who we interviewed was name Tony. His background was raised by a very strict family (mostly his father who was strict). He described his father’s power as the man who ruled the household with his iron fist. Because of his father’s power, he became rebellious and decided to go the other way than the way his father wants him to be in.
He then started to hang out with the wrong people, started to sell drugs as a drug dealer, later developed becoming his own customer. He then started to get into his own troubles. He was shot, stabbed and got into fights based on his drug dealing. He was a traveler. He would only travel to avoid from the troubles (he travel from state-to state so he never really got a home from time to time.
Although, he does has children, 5 kids: one daughter, 4 sons. He has no idea where is daughter is but his 3 sons means the world to him. His 4th son is something though. He is pretty much going through the same path as his father was going through. Also, throughout his out his rough journey, his sons kept him alive along with God. He strongly believed in him, even though he was on and off towards him but it’s what kept him going. Now he loves life, even though he looks back and wish he could fix his past.
"Nowhere To Go" I took this photo because most people would stereotypically think the homeless would live in alleys and streets. But where would you go if you had nowhere to go?
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