Dec
23
Stephanie Womble, right, and her daughter, Joslyn, 13. Ms. Womble is studying to become a hairdresser.
Holidays Give Bronx Family Every Reason To Celebrate & Be Festive!
Stephanie Womble’s apartment is packed with Christmas cheer. Lights are strung through the living room, the tree plays carols, and the walls and doors are covered in wrapping paper.
“It makes me happy inside,” Ms. Womble says. “I wake up, I’m happy. Everything’s bright. It just does something to my mind. The places that we’ve lived have been so ugly and unbearable.”
After almost two years in homeless shelters, Ms. Womble has reason to celebrate. In February, she and her children, Joslyn Bourne, 13, and Jordan Bourne, 15, moved into this one-bedroom apartment in the Bronx.
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