This little woman helped save my life out there. I heard voices then, telling me to jump off the Aurora Bridge. Tried it twice. I couldn’t get over that damn new, high fence. Hell, I couldn’t even get over the low fence.
I was homeless for 16 years. That was a very dangerous time. I had a nest on my chin, a nest on my head. You pick where the bird’s gonna live. I was a mess.
I’d go on the crisis hotline and hang up on them, cuss ‘em out. I’d be dead drunk and not even want help. I just wanted to be mad and vent to people who didn’t know me. ...