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My name is Amber Bailey,

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and we are here in my home.

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I am born and raised from Atlanta,

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Georgia,

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raised by my grandparents,

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pretty much.

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Uh,

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no matter what,

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I stayed working.

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I always was

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able to get to work and handle my business,

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but

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I didn't really have an exact place to stay.

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So

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every other day,

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maybe 2 or 3 days,

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I'll sleep in my car and then sometimes I'll ask a friend.

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To stay over just to stretch out and she was like I got a pad split.

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I was like,

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what is that?

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And then we literally

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signed up one for me.

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I mean that's where it started and so I

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walked in the room and immediately felt a sense of

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like a deep breath like uh just being able to like have somewhere to go,

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you know.

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Yeah,

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and uh.

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Like after so long.

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That feeling was just the best feeling just being able to

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clean up.

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I cleaned up all night.

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I literally put all my stuff up that same night to get myself comfortable

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and so I had to go to work and I just woke up

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and I was just at peace

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to experience uh actually being homeless.

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And to the next day having

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a home,

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kinda start thinking about what I wanna do and what I need to do for myself and my life.

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And that's when I said,

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you know what?

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Cleaning and cleaning business.

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Heather came in and I started pointing out everything I do.

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I said I realize the batteries,

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we need batteries here.

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A couple months later she gave me my first job.

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Now

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I have work.

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I love to make a difference.

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Um,

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I love to help.

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Unfortunately I really do love to clean.

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I can't help it.

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When we clean it's just being in touch with a little love.