Homeless to Harvard
10/18/2011
Homeless to Harvard.
Homeless to Harvard is an inspiring story for all of us that tells about Liz Murray who dealt with the typical stresses childhood and then went from living on the streets to graduating from Harvard University. This incredible inspiring story is based on a young girl who becomes homeless at the age of 15 due to her parent’s addiction to drugs and the lack of parental involvement in her life. Although she lacked the stability of a family, the challenges she faced throughout her life shows the biggest accomplishment she’s made in becoming a success. She was a homeless teen forced to take care of herself after her parents were not able to stop their own drug addiction. She was a girl that knew how to face her problems and deal with her life.
Liz Murray faced many obstacles growing up in an unprivileged home with addicted parents who cared for nothing but to cure their addition. Her parents were so strung out on drugs that they didn’t know the survival of both their daughters. Both Liz and her sister were neglected. At this point Liz was on her own. Liz grows up caring for her mother that is suffering from AIDS and who takes drugs to cope with the pain. She spends every cent on drugs while her children are starving and eating out of dumpsters. She doesn’t care as long as she has her drugs because she can’t live without them, and still, even though she acts that way all the time, her daughters, especially Liz, love her. Living in abandoned apartments and eating out of dumpsters, Liz does her best to stay alive and on occasion, go to school. Her apartment is a dismal and dirty place. Drugs were ever present. It would be common for her to go into the kitchen and see her parents shooting drugs into their veins. When they were done, there were blood spots all along the walls from where they had missed the veins. Her parents were so desperate for a fix they would sell anything they could for a few extra dollars. Liz once woke up and found
Homeless to Harvard.
Homeless to Harvard is an inspiring story for all of us that tells about Liz Murray who dealt with the typical stresses childhood and then went from living on the streets to graduating from Harvard University. This incredible inspiring story is based on a young girl who becomes homeless at the age of 15 due to her parent’s addiction to drugs and the lack of parental involvement in her life. Although she lacked the stability of a family, the challenges she faced throughout her life shows the biggest accomplishment she’s made in becoming a success. She was a homeless teen forced to take care of herself after her parents were not able to stop their own drug addiction. She was a girl that knew how to face her problems and deal with her life.
Liz Murray faced many obstacles growing up in an unprivileged home with addicted parents who cared for nothing but to cure their addition. Her parents were so strung out on drugs that they didn’t know the survival of both their daughters. Both Liz and her sister were neglected. At this point Liz was on her own. Liz grows up caring for her mother that is suffering from AIDS and who takes drugs to cope with the pain. She spends every cent on drugs while her children are starving and eating out of dumpsters. She doesn’t care as long as she has her drugs because she can’t live without them, and still, even though she acts that way all the time, her daughters, especially Liz, love her. Living in abandoned apartments and eating out of dumpsters, Liz does her best to stay alive and on occasion, go to school. Her apartment is a dismal and dirty place. Drugs were ever present. It would be common for her to go into the kitchen and see her parents shooting drugs into their veins. When they were done, there were blood spots all along the walls from where they had missed the veins. Her parents were so desperate for a fix they would sell anything they could for a few extra dollars. Liz once woke up and found