It takes dozens of people to replace one mom, and we forget that
to do.
The thought of returning to France to bring Angee-Rose to her grandmother propelled her through some lean months spent saving and planning.“My mother was my only support,” Ikiasthis week honoring her accomplishments since those days of couch-surfing with a newborn. “After her death, I lost everything.”
A breaking point came when the friend she was living with became engaged and would need to start a new life without a single mom and her baby in tow. At that point, Ikias had run out of friends to crash with.Ikias started looking for shelters that would take them. She found one in Hyattsville, just past the D.C. border, a small, quiet space that has been here for single moms since the Civil War.
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