In our regular series The Value, Takeaway Correspondent Farai Chideya brings us the story of a woman in Miami who found the value of home in an unlikely place. 22-year-old Ciara Jones was eight months pregnant and homeless when she found help at the Lotus House homeless shelter.
People discount verbal abuse but it does have an effect. Really, really good to hear that someone's turning their life around.
This may sound weird, but she sounds a bit like Billie Holiday to me.
nutherefurlong 2 years ago
Why people resist adversity so often I'll never know. Most of the deepest lessons and highest wisdom I own have come to me while weighted by the after-effects of stupidity, short-sightedness and non-thinking.
I now welcome hardships, but unfortunately they never visit anymore.
PennnSmith 2 years ago