Homeless in San Diego but her big dreams keep her positive
Transport your mind to this imaginary high school campus . Kids are chattering and wandering about between classes. There’s a pretty blonde named Abi over there cradling her books, wearing stylish T.J. Maxx, and just generally throwing off cool. Boys slow as they pass and say hi with a hopeful little wave. Girls cluster around the leader of their clique. Cheerleader power. ** Dream on. That’s all the real Abi can do. Abi is 15 and probably could fit some of the above roles given more favorable circumstances. Alas, circumstances would not be her friend because there is a mountain range of them standing in her way. The first is her address. She doesn’t have one. At present, it’s a parking lot on 28th street that’s free to homeless people . That’s where I met her when I wrote last week’s column on her family, the Garcias. The family is parked there each night in a ’99 Ford Explorer with no place else to go, though they are trying to find one. They sometimes rent a cheap motel for a night...