Our House e-newsletter September 2011 | Page 6

Home, Sweets, & Home, continued ― The money was gone. I couldn‘t pay my rent, and I was still alive. So I moved back home to Conway.‖ Sharon intended to move in with her sister, but found that situation unlivable. After three months of living in Conway, Sharon had nowhere to go. She had one brother in Little Rock, but because he cares for his disabled child, Sharon did not want to burden him. ―I left my sister‘s with $40 and ¼ tank of gas. I had the clothes on my back and one pair of shorts in my bag.‖ Sharon‘s kids, now grown and successful in their own careers, stayed in contact with her with phone calls and letters while she lived at Our House.