For years they lived with the pain and instability of sometimes crippling mental health burdens and homelessness. This week, for the first time in a long time, they all sat down to a home cooked Thanksgiving dinner in brand new, permanent housing built just for them. Kim did the cooking and hosted the four others, now neighbors, at her new home at Buena Vista Apartments. Never mind that at the age of 47 she is schizophrenic and bipolar, holiday shopping and cooking for the Tuesday afternoon dinner made her a bit nervous, she conceded, just like other hosts preparing for the holiday meal.
