(which is a whole other story that began the night Danny was born that I didn't get into here)
I thought we were going to do alright...we were going to be a happy family.�
�We were going to church...
which is something he struggled with on and off the whole time we knew each other.
And he really seemed to be doing well sharing the responsibility of helping take care of these two babies who were not allowed to be in the same building together.
Several months later we saw each other in court, finalized our divorce and 3 days later he married Lori...
I was alone at RMH with the two baby problem when yet another problem arose.
Ronald McDonald House is NOT a permanent residence.
The state deemed me 'homeless'
and told me unless I got a home that my babies could be taken away from me.
So I began to see a social worker downtown (in the Old English building) who started to teach me how to go about getting a place to live and the things I needed to keep my kids.
They were like the wholesome 'real' parents I had wanted my whole life. The did everything they could to help me out.
Roy Lee was a United Methodist preacher.
He searched and found a relative that not even Emmett knew right here in Indianapolis. Enter Stage Left...Vicki and Owen Lee
And altho the very first time was VERY HARD, they started to take Summer home with them. They babysat her for free alot so that I could sit with Danny and do the other things I was needing to do.
They also organized their church into a team of volunteers that would trade turns coming over to RMH to help watch her.
I had applied at the Indianapolis Housing Office for an apartment, and due to my 'homeless' situation I was put to the top of the list.
Soon I was offered an apartment in ClearStream Gardens off of Raymond and Emerson...I was about to learn something new..
What it was like to live in a 'project'
