This week I drafted my response to the housing dispute I'm fighting on a city bus, laptop balanced on my knees, lunch break spent typing between stops. Between full-time shifts at the call center and the commute, the hours run long. The writing is how I keep my head clear.
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Plenty is still unresolved for me: the records of my housing history, and the stability I'm working to get back. If you can't give, share this with someone whThis week, I drafted my response to an ongoing housing dispute from the seat of a city bus. Laptop balanced on my knees, typing in short bursts between stops and during lunch breaks at the call center.
Between the full-time shifts and the long Tampa commutes, the days run heavy. But the writing is how I keep my head clear and my spirit intact.
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I refuse to use paywalls because survival information and raw stories shouldn't sit behind a price tag. Plenty is still unresolved for me right now—clearing the records of my housing history and fighting for the stability I’m working so hard to reclaim. But I'm still here, and I'm still writing.
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