Darla in the Desert 🌵☕📰

A follow-up to We've Been Quiet — And Here's Why , where we shared the story of opening our door to a senior friend facing a housing crisis. That post touched a lot of hearts. This one will make you laugh. Possibly wince. Definitely nod. We're back with a progress report. And by progress, I mean we are still alive, which feels like an achievement. If you missed the original story — a close friend found himself one landlord decision away from sleeping in his van, and my husband said come here instead — it's worth your time before you read this one. The numbers around senior housing insecurity in this country are staggering, and the gap between the moment of crisis and the moment of resolution is exactly where people fall through. We wrote about all of it, including the resources that actually help. This post is the lighter sequel nobody planned. Because here's the thing about helping someone navigate a housing crisis: the emotional part is he...

146,000 Seniors Face Homelessness Tonight. One of Them Called Us. 💛 | Alrady Alrady Home Blog Reselling Contact ☕ Support this blog — and our friend — with a coffee! ☕ Buy Me a Coffee Sometimes all it takes is a suitcase, a sunny day, and the courage to start over. Hi everyone — we've been unusually quiet lately, and you deserve an explanation. Our 50th anniversary was approaching, we had plans to reschedule our celebration, and — good thing we did — the air show landed right on Valentine's Day. Who schedules big events on Valentine's Day anyway?! Because we're getting older and wiser, when our son extended an invite we said yes without a second thought and basically ran away from home. No regrets there whatsoever. But wait — there's more! 💛 📞 Then a close friend called — and he needed to run away from home too. Fa...