More than a kid thing: grown-ups share their stories of transition
Three people from Waterloo region share how they struggled through change
With kids making the big transition from summer holidays to regular school days, CBC K-W wanted to look into stories of grown-up transitions.
Lucky for us, the region's Friends of Crime Prevention recently hosted a human book club event, featuring three stories of people struggling through change.
Duff
Duff — as he chooses to be known — said an alcohol addiction robbed him of house and home. Now, after years of trying and wait lists, he has finally secured permanent housing. But he told CBC K-W that adapting to life in an apartment has not been easy.
Jesse
Jesse spent three years at the Grand Valley Institution for Women, the federal prison in Kitchener. Jesse identifies as a man, but entered the prison as a woman. In April he finished his sentence and moved into the community. What surprised him, and others, about the transition was that he was sad to leave the prison he began to think of as home.
Huda Al-Obaidi
Huda Al-Obaidi immigrated to Canada from Iraq as a refugee when she was 16 years old. She said she struggled to find a place to belong in her new home country, and often felt overwhelmed by the problems facing her family.
