{"id":1180,"date":"2020-08-10T20:24:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T03:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casadelosangelitos.org\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2021-02-10T20:48:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T04:48:50","slug":"nancy-durans-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casadelosangelitos.org\/nancy-durans-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Duran\u2019s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1180\" class=\"elementor elementor-1180\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f328f90 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f328f90\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2115839\" data-id=\"2115839\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c085b54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c085b54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Tale Too Common But Too Often Ignored<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5801030 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5801030\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>It was early summer of 2019 when misfortune came into my life. I found out that I was pregnant and my\u00a0boyfriend kicked me out of our apartment in San Francisco. Knowing the only person I could turn to was\u00a0my mother, I immediately contacted her in Los Angeles. To my shock, my mother wanted nothing to do\u00a0with a pregnant daughter.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #333399;\"><em><strong>\u201cI was on my own.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p><p>Thank God a friend\u2019s mother was willing to take me in for a couple of weeks. But I was determined to return to LA, even if my mother was not going to help me. I googled \u201cpregnant women\u2019s shelter\u201d and Casa de los Angelitos came up on the top three. I called them from San Francisco.<\/p><p>I arrived at Casa on June 21, 2019 and I immediately felt a sense of belonging and understanding, being surrounded by other pregnant women on a similar journey. I did feel a little intimidated by the rules regarding cleanliness and curfews but slowly I appreciated them. A houseful of pregnant women with crazy hormones could provoke a lot of drama.<\/p><p>I loved that Casa was so close to the ocean, I would go to the gym and swim or go to the beach. One thing I also really appreciated when I lived there was the ability to be driven to go grocery shopping. I tremendously enjoyed that. I loved cooking in that clean, well-maintained kitchen. Working or going to school was\u00a0 encouraged at Casa and within a short time, I found a job at Urban Plates restaurant since I am a good cook, working 8 hour shifts. By the time they realized I was pregnant, they decided that I was too valuable not to keep.<\/p><p>My boyfriend, in the end, wanted to be a part of my baby\u2019s life and decided to pay for an apartment. So I left the home when I was 8 months pregnant and am now taking care of my baby full time.<\/p><p>Thank you Casa for providing me with the safety net and stability at such a trying time in my life \u2026and when no one else would.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Tale Too Common But Too Often Ignored It was early summer of 2019 when misfortune came into my life. I found out that I was pregnant and my\u00a0boyfriend kicked me out of our apartment in San Francisco. Knowing the only person I could turn to was\u00a0my mother, I immediately contacted her in Los Angeles. 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