Angela Alvarez
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46 appearances
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first heard Apr 2025
last heard Apr 2025
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Well, I am so happy to have found Hills. And it was mostly because I am a grieving mother. This is my son, Jeremiah.
My sweet son meant the world. He still does. I attended some meetings with compassionate friends, which... They have a worldwide following. There's chapters everywhere.
I still have trouble seeing it. This organization is for grieving parents and they support grandparents and siblings and mostly we get together, we speak about our children and It can be at times heartbreaking, ultimately uplifting.
And what I got from it after being just in the dark for days and weeks and months, not knowing how to navigate out of this pain of grief of losing my son, my only son, my child, was just to listen to other people. How did you do? Give me your experiences. And now I'm almost 10 years down the road. It'll be 10 June 5th. So I love to talk to people and say, how did you make it?
And they'll say, well, I started a foundation. I went to court and the murder of my daughter. And it's very powerful. Everybody's grief is so different, yet it's universal, right? So I'm so grateful that I found this, and I found a purpose in carrying on Jeremiah's legacy because he was very concerned about underprivileged, homeless people in particular.
Anytime he saw anyone on the street, even as a little boy, he was, Mom, Mom, give him some money.
And then when he got older, it was all his money. He would give the shirt off his back. And so this, I think, just kind of came to me by the virtue of being among friends, right, that go down my road. So I thought, I can help with homeless people. I have donated to LA on Cloud 9 and LA Regional Food Banks. And there's just so many. There's such a need, Dr. Dew. You know that.
And Susan, you know that, and living in Los Angeles and around the world, around this country anyway, the state. There's so much need. And I am currently taking care of Jeremiah's father, my ex-husband. And he was homeless. And to take care of one person is so much. I took him to Department of Social Services, the DMV, to get an ID. And go to Social Security. I mean, we've done multiple things.
Just getting him back on his feet is so difficult. That's one person. There are so many people on the streets. And you know that we have all these different initiatives and laws, not laws, but things that we put on the ballot. And we give our money to it, but where does it go?
Yes, my ex-husband, yes.
He's clean now. He's under my roof and he is absolutely clean.
So many people. What do you see as the first step?
Sure. I will set up a website. I haven't done that yet. I'm just 10 years down the line. I've basically helped everyone else. And now I'm thinking, well, this is something I can do because I know what it takes to help one person. So now I can go and help other people one by one. That's, I guess, how we do it.
And I've been so fortunate to find groups like LA on cloud nine that we actually go on the streets and we give feedback. toiletries and clothing and shoes and socks, everything to the people directly. They're on the streets. And some want to be in a home and others do not. Most do not.
Right, right. So I guess when you think of tiny villages, those are very expensive.
That's exactly what they need. Of course. Physical therapy.
It is weird. There's a stigma surrounding that.
It's terrible. There are so many in need right now.
Oh, you have to or you'll get an ulcer. That's what I used to tell myself. Go ahead and cry. Cry, cry, cry. Not obviously in a professional situation. I'm a court reporter. I can't. Excuse me, I'm going to have a breakdown. I'll be right back. Can't do that. But when you're at home in your privacy or your car or something, then let it out. It has to come out.
And I was so grateful that I didn't take one. Three days after my son had passed, I was told, you have to stop crying. No, that's not going to happen.
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