When Strangers Become Family: How an Unconventional Hero Saved Me from Homelessness at 17
As I walked out the door that fateful night, the smell of burnt bread and lavender detergent lingered in the air. My mother’s words still stung – “If you’re going to keep that baby, you can’t stay here. I won’t have it.” Four months pregnant at 17, I was lost, alone, and without a place…