As I sit here thinking about how my life has now been condensed to about 15 boxes to be shipped at a later date. When I get settled in Hawaii I will have them shipped to me there. I am going to go with very little when I leave here on June 3rd to board the Amtrek for Portland. I do not want to take more than I can carry and being homeless until I find a place to live. I have no place to go yet, all I know is I am going. Going to start a new life and an adventure. Where I will be able to write stories from there.
The first time I was homeless was back in 1995 when I quit my job teaching ESL in South Korea and went to Honolulu with a grand in my pocket until I ran out of money and had to push a shopping cart to the homeless shelter. Good thing I am experienced at being homeless, so this will not be the first time I have done it. I know how to survive and I am fighter. This will give me a chance to meet all kinds of people, those that live on the island and those who are tourist from all over the world.
Believe me, what I am doing is not an easy thing to do but it is something I feel I must do in order to have a better life than the one I have now. I have been here long enough and when I get settled I can begin to write the book about Tulelake and say it like it is with no fear. As the truth is the truth and what is right is right.
I am just so thankful that I have the great friends I do that have allowed me to stay with them until I leave. And without them I would have never made it as far as I have, with all the stuff I have had to go through in the last year or so. But, now I can leave all that behind me and start fresh with a new beginning and new friends that I will meet.
I am counting the days down, as it is 35 days before I leave and I can't wait. Sure I will miss all the friends I leave behind but it is time for me to go and start a whole new life.
God Bless,
James
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