This is who we’re all supposed to feel sorry for.
Among the “newly homeless” [in Sacremento] featured in the [Oprah Winfrey] show will be Favor Whitesides, who is 36 years old and has three children ages 9 to 13.
Whitesides and her husband, Ryan, lost their home last year after they got in over their heads on an adjustable mortgage, she said. She now lives at the Family Promise shelter at Loaves & Fishes. Her children attend Mustard Seed School. Her husband is bunking with friends.
After living in hotels, run-down apartments and at the Cal Expo winter shelter for a time, Whitesides said, she is grateful to have found Family Promise.
But she never thought she would need such a program.
“Not long ago, we had a Lincoln Navigator and a beautiful home. We had it all,” said Whitesides. “It’s really shocking for my kids to be living this way. But they’re resilient. They’ll be OK.”
Whitesides is hardly proud of her situation but said she thought it was important to tell her story. “People need to know that this can happen, and about programs like this,” she said of Loaves & Fishes.
Just because the salesman at the Lincoln dealership tells you you can afford a Navigator, doesn’t mean you can! Who else is sick of this irresponsible nonsense?
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2 Comments
February 26, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Oh no, not another sob story making news…I am tired of listening to stories of the people that bought houses and vehicles they couldn’t afford then going public with problems then want us to feel sorry for them..they should have been more responsible in preparing more for the welfare of their children rather than keeping up with the Jones’. People who make irresponsible decisions should pay the price.
March 23, 2009 at 12:34 pm
To bad she forgot to mention the 20k they spent to get her a boob job. “Honey should we pay our mortgage or should I get breast enhancement?” Dumb ass people.