I left my phone at home

In case of an emergency , call my office or google message or email me at SonyaKeith *sigh

Keeping the Humanity

Keeping the humanity in human services is something every newbie thinks is obvious and every veteran worker knows is nigh on impossible. A thousand times an hour I find myself thinking things like 1. Cheater cheater, pumpkin eater 2. I’d never do what you’re doing 3. You aren’t trying get hard enough 4. Quit whining […]

My stoic coworker just hugged me

"I’m going to give you a hug. It will probably be the first and last hug I give anyone here. " Ummmm, okay 1. In case you’re wondering, Ro smells delicious. 2. These last two hours were spent in fruitless labor with people who take more than I do and surprisingly at a higher volume. […]

Learning to be Housed

” How important is it that I pay rent ?”. As jaw droppingly stupid as hearing those words from someone who is expecting a new car tomorrow is – I heard them last night. Often homelessness is caused – not by lack of resources- but by the unwise spending of resources. (Gas to go far […]

Winter Shelter and Transportaiton Guide

Click on this link to open the 4 page PDF file with information and instructions about the Winter Shelters in Los Angeles 14-15_WSPShelter-Locations-and-Transportation-Guide_20141121.pdf

This week out of the Welfare office

In the welfare office things are as predicated … The super large former gang banger is collecting toys for his side charity work. My boss snickers when I mention that some individual recognition for my quality of work would be both shocking and appreciated. Administration remains oblivious that actual people work and create the number in […]

Hype-Wipes was cool and kid created and created jobs

Susan Hapak killed them and the dreams of a kid. Every day I see pee who never had a dream or an idea that they could have a career and own a company. Anyway. The petition in change.org got to me. Current Technologies: End your Vicious and Frivolous Lawsuit against my 14 year old Daughter […]

West LA Pico Norms visit on November 30

Happy December, Every time I drive by a @normsrestaurant, I have an automatic desire for steak and eggs. yesterday was no different. I picked up my friend’s 8 year old daughter and she, my 3 year-old and I started our adventure at Norms. The lobby was brimming and full but I was able to put […]

Serving the people

I wrote to Jack Seiler and this is the letter he sent back . . . In case you have forgotten, he is from FLorida where a 90 year old man is arrested for feeding the homeless. Sonya, I appreciate the opportunity to clarify much of the misinformation that has been prevalent in the media […]

Frosty the Snowman

Questions I have as an adult: *Why isn’t she wearing pants? You know there were no leggings back in the day. *Why is there no proctor at recess or adult supervision? *Did the kids take off with a snowman and No adult stops them including the cop *Did I just see them hop a train and […]