Freedom

VENNIE HILL Artist/Vendor

What is freedom? Freedom is when I have a choice to pick and choose who I want as my friend. Freedom is when I have a choice to pick and choose who may love me today and be a part of my circle. Freedom is when I know who will be there for me to guide me on the way to a greater journey. Freedom is me.

What is freedom? Freedom is when I can walk past a liquor store and not even look into it and keep walking. Freedom is walking past old friends that have nothing good for me. Who chose to be free? I chose to be free.

Freedom is when you choose not to pick up that drug or alcohol that will make you another statistic. To willfully make being clean and sober my goal for the rest of my life. Freedom is enjoying and living my life as fully as I can.

I choose the love myself today with freedom. I choose to make all the right decisions for myself today with freedom.

RONALD SMOOT Artist/Vendor

I would go to pieces for a second chance. I am waiting for my gift card but that is taking time, so I have to wait. I need a job, so I left my resume with the job coordinator. He turned it in to some construction companies so I can get picked for jobs. But no one has called me yet to start working.

I will feel a whole lot better when I am working in my community. I also am trying to move because I’ve been in Northeast D.C. for three years and I want to go uptown on Wisconsin Avenue. I also want to live by myself.

I have to go to work soon so I can pay my amenity fee so I can have access to a gym and swimming pool.

I’d do better by myself because my house would always stay clean.