Stranger #20

Stranger #20-

When I was younger, I basically knew everyone on my block. Those days were the shit! People actually knocked for eachother, and spent their time outside socializing instead of wasting time on facebook. Remember playing freedom, wallball, and basketball in the driveways? It feels like so much has changed, and it has. I actually just met my neighbor today. It's difficult because people just move in and out, and in then out, but there is absolutely no unity in neighborhoods anymore. This is why, amongst many other reasons, neighorhoods are going south. Noone talks to anyone else. Every man fend for yourself type of deal. It shouldnt be that way. I'm not saying that each and every neighborhood is like this, but too many are this way already. One day you may need this person, or they may need you, for anything, and you dont even know eachothers name. I'm guilty of it too, but I find it really sad, so I did something about it.

Meet Tomina Moylan, my neighbor. Tomina has a husband and an 8 year old boy, named Logan. Tomina met her husband when she was in 9th grade, and he was in 8th. They have been together for 16 years, and hes the only guy that she has ever kissed, and been with sexually. Tonya says "I found my good guy, and I'm never letting go!" Tomina is very family orientated and her family is her world. She spends most of her time with her nephews and son. Tomina continued "My son is my world. I've been blessed with the best kid on earth. Everyone loves him because hes extremely loving and respectful. I'm determined to raise a gentleman!"

Life hasnt always been the easiest for Tomina. Tomina disclosed "I have epilepsy. It was really bad when I was a child. Its tamed down a lot since then but 5 months ago, I was standing at the top of my basement steps, and had a seizure out of no where. I fell down the steps and smacked into the cement wall. My son found me and ran to contact 911. I was knocked out for about 5-10 minutes, and woke up gushing blood. I lost all of my teeth due to what happened, but the worst part was my son finding me like that." Tomina plans to get her teeth fixed in the next few months. Its going to cost her $7000.00 because her husbands insurance, who works for the postal service, will only cover 25% of it. Tomina added "I want to look for work again, but I want my teeth to be fixed. People judge me for having no teeth. Ive been called white trash, and a meth addict. It's not right!"