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MATTHEW MAURO
nashville, TN
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS DUE TO THE LIFE OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. I JUST RECENTLY MOVED TO ROANOKE, VA A QUIET TOWN. WE MOVED FROM NASHVILLE, TN WHERE THERE IS MUCH DRUGS AND HOMELESNESS. THE LIFE THERE IS ALOT DIFFERENT THERE THEN THE WAY PEOPLE LIVE HERE BUT WE ARE STILL THE SAME. MY HEART REALLY GOES OUT TO THE HOMELESS AND THE PEOPLE OF TENT CITY IN NASHVILLE OF WHERE MY WIFE LIVED FOR A TIME. I PRAY THAT WE CAN CHANGE THINGS FOR THE PEOPLE AND THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF MORE WERE WILLING TOO. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME, BUT WHAT DO WE DO ?????
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MATTHEW commented on the article |DEBBIE,
ME AND MY WIFE LESLEY MAURO (LU LU) WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK, MY WIFE LIVED THERE WITH YOU FOR 5 MONTHS AND ALSO KNOWS THE MAN YOU ARE WITH CHEESEBURGER, ARE HEART GOES OUT TOO YOU SWEETHEART EVEN MORE KNOWING THAT YOU ARE WITH HIM. YOU CAN DO IT BABY, WE LOVE YOU !!!
MATTHEW & LESLEY
NASHVILLE, TN
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MATTHEW commented on the article |ANN MARIE, ME AND MY WIFE HAVE BOTH BEEN IN YOUR POSITION. WE JUST RECENTLY MOVED OUT OF A HOMELESS POSITION IN THE TENT CITY OF NASHVILLE,TN. WE UNDERSTAND YOU AND OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO YOU. WE ONLY PRAY THAT YOU AND OTHERS WILL BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO LIVE A STRESS FREE LIFE SOON, IT TAKES TIME AND MOST THINGS DONT HAPPEN OVER NIGHT SO BE PASIENT AND GOOD THINGS WILL COME !! I, WE LEARNED THIS AS WELL, I ONLY WISH ONE DAY I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND HELP BUT AS OF NOW STRUGGLING HELPING MYSELF. STAY SAFE GIRL AND GOD BLESS YOU !!!!
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MATTHEW commented on the article |It's really ashame that City Officials wont leave Tent Cities alone. Why do they continue to harass the homeless? Where do the want them to go? are they going to pay there rent? This is the question i really would like to know and understand. Some of us have HEARTS !!!!
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MATTHEW commented on the article |I knew OX and Barbara and it's so sad that this happens to the people that are trying to fix there lives.Barbara was a new friend to me and my wife Lesley, who was with her and living with her when she died. I just wanted to say that we and others miss you Barbara and pray that you are in a better place then we are. We pray that we will come up with answers for our Homeless community here in Nashville and other places. GOD BLESS !!
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MATTHEW commented on the article |MY NAME IS MATTHEW AND LAST NOVEMBER I WAS ARRESTED IN NASHVILLE AFTER JUST BEING MARRIED FOR 9 MONTHS. DUE TO THE ARREST MY WIFE HAD NO MONEY,FRIENDS AND BECAME A RESIDENT OF TENT CITY FOR 5 MONTHS. FOR THE ENTIRE 5 MONTHS I NEVER HEARD FROM HER AND I FOR SOME REASON HAD A FEELING THAT SHE MIGHT BE AT THE PLACE THEY CALLED TENT CITY. WHEN I WAS RELEASED I WENT STRAIGHT TO ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE TENT CITY WAS AND JUST HAPPENED TO RUN INTO A MAN AT THE BUS STATION CALLED COWBOY, WHEN HE ASKED ME WHY I WAS LOOKING FOR TENT CITY AND WHEN I EXPLAINED TO HIM I WAS LOOKING FOR MY WIFE, AFTER DESCRIBING HER COWBOY JUST TURNED, LOOKED AT HIS WIFE AND WHISPERED SOMETHING. AFTER A FEW MINUTES HE WAS ON THE PHONE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS TALKING TO MY WIFE OF WHERE I HAVE WONDERED WHERE SHE WAS FOR 5 MONTHS, SOMETHING I CAN'T EXPLAIN JUST TO HEAR HER VOICE, SHE SAID SHE WOULD MEET ME AT THE STOP TO WHERE THE BUS LETS OFF FOR TENT CITY, WHEN THE BUS STOPPED I GOT OFF AND THERE WAS MY WIFE THAT HAD LOST SO MUCH WAIT AND WAS WEARING DIRTY CLOTHES I COULD HARDLY RECOGNIZE HER, SHE RUNS AND JUMPS INTO MY ARMS AND STARTS CRYING, THE LOOK OF HER, THE SMELL OF ALCOHOL, THE WOOD CHIPS ALL OVER HER IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET. I WAS ABLE TO SPEND THAT FIRST NIGHT MEETING THE RESIDENTS OF TENT CITY AND SPENDING THE NIGHT THERE. I MUST SAY THAT THERE ARE ALOT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL CRITISIZE THE HOMLESS BUT THEY ARE STILL PEOPLE LIKE US AND THERE IS GOOD AND BAD THERE, JUST LIKE IN THE REAL WORLD. HOWCAN WE JUDGE SOMEONE WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY LIVE, THE PEOPLE THAT DO THAT NEED TO WORRY AND LOOK AT THERE SELF'S.
THE NEXT DAY MY WIFE TOLD ME IF I REALLY LOVED HER TO DO HER ONE THING AND TAKE HER AWAY FROM TENT CITY. BEING FORTUNATE AS I WAS TO HAVE A FAMILY THAT AS MONEY I WAS ABLE TO TAKE HER AWAY THE NEXT DAY AND SHE AS NOE RETURNED AND IS DOING VERY WELL GETTING HER LIFE ON TRACK. FOR THE PEOPLE THAT KNEW HER HER NAME WAS LESLEY MAURO. I WISH THE BEST FOR THE RESIDENTS OF TENT CITY AND THE CITY SHOULD LEAVE THEM ALONE UNLESS THE ONES THAT ARE THERE CHOOSE TO WANT TO LEAVE. THE STORIES I HEARD AND THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO MY WIFE, GOD BLESS THEM ALL !!
HER HUSBAND, MATTHEW
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