Home, Sweets, & Home, continued
I can make it.
Residents may live at Our House for two years or until they
save $10,000. Aware that her time was almost up, Sharon
decided to look for a job outside of Our House. The job skills
she learned in Little Learners Child Development Center have
served her well. She is now a toddler teacher at Helping Hands.
―I have health insurance, not too much money, but I can make
it. I‘m a work in progress.‖ She even found her own home—a
little cottage next to an old farmhouse. ―It‘s just a living room,
kitchen, laundry area, and back bedroom, but it‘s everything!
I have a deck and front porch! I have privacy and quiet. I have
my life back.”
What was Sharon‘s first stop when she found out about the
cottage? She went to Savers. “No more of this going to the store
and buying things new. I‘m very careful with what I spend now.
I went ahead and spent $12 on curtains. They‘re my colors!
They‘re my curtains! If my family needed a sofa before, we just
ordered a brand new sofa. But I never appreciated anything as
much as the $12 curtains I have now.‖
In just a couple of weeks, Sharon will move into her new home
with a good job and savings in the bank. But she‘ll never forget
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