A Homeless Mother and Son

by Mark Horvath · 2010-02-05 13:31:00 UTC
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Jody lives in her car, while her 19-year-old son Phillip lives in a shelter in St. Paul, Minnesota. After being unfairly evicted from her apartment, she sold all she had to buy a car to live in.

As I was giving out socks, Phillip approached me. His shoes have holes all the way through, so he is unable to keep his socks from wearing out. That's how I entered into my conversation with these two. Thanks to Hanes I was able to provide much-needed socks.

Their three wishes are simple -- an apartment, a job and car repairs.

We don't often consider that the face of homelessness starts young. I hope to meet Phillip again one day with a story of success and victory rather than perpetual homelessness.

Jody and Phillip from InvisiblePeople.tv on Vimeo.

Mark Horvath is an activist for the homeless. He vlogs at invisiblepeople.tv and blogs at hardlynormal.com. He was formerly homeless in Hollywood.
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