What would you do if you lost all your possessions?

In the summer of 2007 I had lost my apartment from sexist & nasty slumlord. I ended up in a street shelter while my possessions ended up in a short term storage place. For over a year I hardly went to the storage facility to retrieve anything & for all practical purposes lived out of the suitcase.

In the Fall of the same year I ended up at a poorly run transitional housing place where the chance of ending back out on the street was extremely high. I did buy clothes that year but rarely went to my storage unit.

The bullies in the program were many & they’d come up to me & say stuff like “when you end up back on the street I’ll have those pants, shirts etc.” When I left that poorly run program with only 4 weeks left- I left with all my belongings intact & my storage unit.

I’ve not seen the inside of a shelter since & I’m grateful as it makes me appreciate all that I do have instead of all the stuff I don’t. Being on the verge of being homeless is never a good feeling. Luckily I’ve never had to experience that again.