Posted on December 11, 2015 by Lane Moore in Cosmopolitan Cosmopolitan, By Lane Moore People become homeless in myriad ways and have vastly different experiences with homelessness depending on their location, health, and connections. This is one in a series of interviews with homeless women about their personal experiences. At the age of 30, Mary* left her husband after she’d been feeling neglected for a long time. Since she stopped working and going to school when she got married at 21, she had no money of her own or job training. Still, she moved with her 3-year-old daughter to her hometown of New York City and started living in a shelter. Now 31, she spoke with Cosmopolitan.com about her experiences being homeless with her daughter during the holidays.
