a shower - in three pots

“Twentysomethings” who are they really?  We’re all so different.  We all live different types of lives.  I come from the “dirt poor, trying to survive, livin on a prayer” type.  So I can understand, while visiting friends here in indy, why the gas has been turned off at the house making all running water extremely cold.  I courageously decided to take a “shower” in the tub with three pots of water heated on the stove and a coffee cup.  The things we do to be clean, right?  I didn’t mind.  

 Sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever be able to be financially stable enough to live comfortably, and sometimes I wonder if I ever really want to be able to do that… there is something about the stories and lessons learned that come from the hard times

right now, truthfully, i am staying at my loving parents house, able to breathe and take a rest from clutching on to the harsh reality of trying to stay “a float” financially.  I realize I won’t be able to stay there forever but am thankful I have the ability to stay for a bit, while so many others don’t…  living out of my car, hopping from place to place and living with all boys has been, at times, a struggle but at least I had a roof over my head. 

I feel very blessed today.

             Try not to take blessings… and a nice warm shower… for granted.