Glenn Lundy
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Greatest experience of my life because now I can see things from different perspectives, which I'm so thankful for because I didn't grow up in just one culture. But at the time, it was really tough for me. You know, being a teenager, going through all of that stuff, trying to figure out who you are, trying to figure out your identity, all of those things.
Greatest experience of my life because now I can see things from different perspectives, which I'm so thankful for because I didn't grow up in just one culture. But at the time, it was really tough for me. You know, being a teenager, going through all of that stuff, trying to figure out who you are, trying to figure out your identity, all of those things.
That's already challenging enough as a teenager. But being stuck in kind of these two different cultures, I didn't know like my skin was too dark to be considered white, but it was too light to be considered black. So I didn't really know where I fit. And ultimately I became a chameleon. And so whatever group I was with, I'd become that because I didn't have my own identity, right?
That's already challenging enough as a teenager. But being stuck in kind of these two different cultures, I didn't know like my skin was too dark to be considered white, but it was too light to be considered black. So I didn't really know where I fit. And ultimately I became a chameleon. And so whatever group I was with, I'd become that because I didn't have my own identity, right?
That's already challenging enough as a teenager. But being stuck in kind of these two different cultures, I didn't know like my skin was too dark to be considered white, but it was too light to be considered black. So I didn't really know where I fit. And ultimately I became a chameleon. And so whatever group I was with, I'd become that because I didn't have my own identity, right?
And so if I was hanging out with the cowboys, I was a cowboy. If I was hanging out with the gangsters, I was a gangster. If I was hanging out with the Mexicans, I was a Mexican, right?
And so if I was hanging out with the cowboys, I was a cowboy. If I was hanging out with the gangsters, I was a gangster. If I was hanging out with the Mexicans, I was a Mexican, right?
And so if I was hanging out with the cowboys, I was a cowboy. If I was hanging out with the gangsters, I was a gangster. If I was hanging out with the Mexicans, I was a Mexican, right?
Yeah and it really was because I just I didn't have any identity myself and so I was trying to find a fit and all of my relationships were very surface because I wasn't authentic or real like I was everybody's friend but I didn't have any real deep like relationships you know everything was just kind of surface and that's how I made my way into adulthood and along the way
Yeah and it really was because I just I didn't have any identity myself and so I was trying to find a fit and all of my relationships were very surface because I wasn't authentic or real like I was everybody's friend but I didn't have any real deep like relationships you know everything was just kind of surface and that's how I made my way into adulthood and along the way
Yeah and it really was because I just I didn't have any identity myself and so I was trying to find a fit and all of my relationships were very surface because I wasn't authentic or real like I was everybody's friend but I didn't have any real deep like relationships you know everything was just kind of surface and that's how I made my way into adulthood and along the way
would hang out with the wrong crowds and make a lot of poor decisions. And those types of things only last, you know, so long.
would hang out with the wrong crowds and make a lot of poor decisions. And those types of things only last, you know, so long.
would hang out with the wrong crowds and make a lot of poor decisions. And those types of things only last, you know, so long.
And so it wasn't, it was just a matter of time, you know, before I was like in and out of jail, the drugs, the drinking, you know, all of those things and just burning every bridge that I could possibly burn, which led me to, at one point, I ended up moving out of the state. I had burned so many bridges. I moved out of Arizona. I landed in Southern California.
And so it wasn't, it was just a matter of time, you know, before I was like in and out of jail, the drugs, the drinking, you know, all of those things and just burning every bridge that I could possibly burn, which led me to, at one point, I ended up moving out of the state. I had burned so many bridges. I moved out of Arizona. I landed in Southern California.
And so it wasn't, it was just a matter of time, you know, before I was like in and out of jail, the drugs, the drinking, you know, all of those things and just burning every bridge that I could possibly burn, which led me to, at one point, I ended up moving out of the state. I had burned so many bridges. I moved out of Arizona. I landed in Southern California.
I spent a little bit of time in Southern California before one day I woke up and had nowhere to go, had no money, had no credit. And ultimately I was homeless in the streets there. And that season, Heather, it was so difficult because what happens with homelessness is first you're homeless, right? And then you start to feel hopeless because every day is the same. Nothing ever changes, right?
I spent a little bit of time in Southern California before one day I woke up and had nowhere to go, had no money, had no credit. And ultimately I was homeless in the streets there. And that season, Heather, it was so difficult because what happens with homelessness is first you're homeless, right? And then you start to feel hopeless because every day is the same. Nothing ever changes, right?
I spent a little bit of time in Southern California before one day I woke up and had nowhere to go, had no money, had no credit. And ultimately I was homeless in the streets there. And that season, Heather, it was so difficult because what happens with homelessness is first you're homeless, right? And then you start to feel hopeless because every day is the same. Nothing ever changes, right?