AC Homelessness

Government Blog Post: Homelessness

I became homeless slow and sadly, can anything get better? Who knows. I had a home to go to a kitchen to cook in and a bed to sleep in. But now it's a crappy van, with a dog I bought with the little bit of money I have. In mornings the only warmth I have is my dog and blankets, thin blankets.

When I decide to get up I pack all of my belongings in a big black bag and leave, hoping nobody steals any of my belongings. When I leave I usually head to the nearest library to search the web for jobs and anything else I can think of to atleast give me some happiness.

When i'm done that I head to the corner that I usually sit at. In Toronto you think there is so many people you can make a lot, well not exactly. Most people look at me and walk away I only get maybe 2-20 dollars a day, the 20 is if i'm lucky enough.

When I get enough to eat at least something, I head to the nearest corner store. I usually get Mr. Noodles, but sometimes i treat myself with other things. But by not you are all probably asking, how does it feel to be homeless? Well by the looks of it, horrible. I say that it feels cold and lonely because I have nobody but my cat and the librarian and I have become good friends.

Also I think that the government could help us by maybe making a shelter area in cites for all of us homeless people to have some place to stay. What that could do is make all of us connect and do something like start a campaign or an awareness to get us off the streets and back to our daily hard working lives.

That really concludes my blog post, thank you all for reading it and feeling my pain.

-A. Cowen