Hello humans! Here’s the deal. I have a lot of feelings about this whole moving thing and I don’t see my therapist until the 13th so I’m writing this all down and you’re coming with me.
On the one hand I feel fucking ecstatic because I and many other people have been fighting for this for a very long time in some cases decades. On the other hand I am getting a swanky condo on the south end paid for by taxpayers while there is a housing crisis.
I was not expecting anything as nice as what I’ll be getting honestly. I expected a basic bachelor apartment with slightly bigger rooms to accommodate my wheelchair and my other mobility equipment. What I’m getting looks like something Carrie Bradshaw would live in. Which don’t get me wrong, I’m very happy about it but I feel like I don’t deserve it when there are other people who work very hard full-time jobs and can’t afford the basics they need to live. I know I worked really hard for this but it almost seems like overkill. How do I justify this when people are literally starving on the street!? The only way I can think to do that is by using the tools I’ve been given to fight for the right for other people to have the same opportunities. I promise with everything I have that I will fight every day to make sure that I am worthy of these opportunities made possible by the taxpayers of Nova Scotia. You’re paying my bills so it is my job to make sure you don’t fall through the cracks either.
A few weeks ago a woman reached out to me on Facebook to tell me about a problem she was having. She then apologized because she felt that since it wasn’t a housing issue it wasn’t my problem. Let me make something very clear, if you are a person disabled or not and you are suffering, that is my problem and I will do everything in my power to make it right or to reach out to people who can make it right if I cannot. I don’t care what time it is, whether it’s the weekend or a holiday. If you need help and you think I can provide it, message me. I may not get back to you right away but trust me I will take care of it to the best of my ability. The taxpayers of this province have given me a gift. The least I can do is help you in return.
Anyway, that’s all I had to say, have a nice day!
Victoria Levack 