In the blink of an eye, my life shattered. I am a hardworking mother to a three-year-old girl who is my entire world. I lived with my daughter, my mother, and our dog, believing I had a foundation beneath me. But during a severe alcohol-related episode, my then-husband—the father of my child—forced us out of our home. In a single day, I found myself without a roof over my head and without a support system in this city. My employer stepped in to pay for one week in a hotel. It