This report broke my heart. Of all the families without shelter in America, 1/3 are in Florida. I’ve been working on a project very close to this issue. We receive daily reminders of our broken country every single day, and quite honestly tracking it all has been depressing and disheartening. Yet, I never want to be a person who ignores stories like this. There’s nothing wrong with desiring the best in life, but living a life unaware of humanity and the problems of the world is of no interest to me. Stories like this force you to pause. To take time to appreciate what you have and hopefully strive to be a better person. The one thing I’m most thankful for these days is perspective.

“Every time I see like a teenager or any other kid fighting with their parents or arguing with them and like not doing what they’re told it really hurts me. Because they could be in my shoes. And of course I don’t want them to be in my shoes. But they need to learn to appreciate what they have and who they have in their life. Because it may be the last day they might have it.” - Arielle Metzger, age 15

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    Its really unbelievable, how...always find it crazy that we can spend something
  3. supercon said: Felt the same way while watching this. Arielle and her brother are way too mature for their age. It sucks they don’t get to experience the ‘child’ part of childhood and as Arielle says, it’s a shame so many children take their lifestyles for granted.
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