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    A Mother And Daughter On Homelessness, Humility And A $6-A-Week Grocery Budget

    When Sandy Baker left her marriage, she and her daughter moved into a hotel. They were homeless for over 2 years, and that, they said, left them with what mattered: Those who loved them the most.
    by Kamilah Kashanie Nov 29, 2019 2 minutes
    Ashley Baker (left) and her mother, Sandy, recount being homeless at their StoryCorps interview in Dallas in October.

    The day before Ashley Baker turned 16 years old, she moved into a Dallas motel with her mom. They were newly homeless.

    Sandy, Ashley's mother, then 44, had just left a troubled marriage, scraped together what money she could and left home with Ashley.

    For the next two and a half years, they were homeless. They recounted the

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