βAre you sure you want to eat all that food?β My uncle said to me while I was happily filling up my plate with delicious Christmas food on the way to the table. I felt a knot in my stomach and no longer wanted to eat. I was still a child but I understood the connotation. Women are supposed to…
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Homeless in New York City
In the morning I was moving into a lovely 800 sq. ft two bedroom apartment in Queens, by the afternoon I was homeless, sobbing on a friends couch surrounded by all my belongings. This is New York. I woke up in the morning excited, packed and ready to go. Rent, broker and deposit paid. Lease signed. Couch ordered. Friends coming…