Everywhere I look, people are losing jobs, stability, housing, childcare, healthcare, and peace of mind often without warning. From airlines to casinos like Primm Valley Resorts, families are being uprooted overnight.
And I want you to know something from my heart: I am praying for you because I understand more than you know.
I lost my job too. After working hard to do exactly what I was recruited to do, I still found myself displaced, rebuilding, and trying to make sense of a world that feels unstable for so many people right now.
I read the stories online every day people who gave 20 or 25 years of loyalty to companies and walked away with nothing but trauma, anxiety, exhaustion, and unanswered questions. Reading those stories honestly increases my own anxiety and PTSD because I know how quickly life can change.
I’m thankful I had enough saved to pay my rent three months ahead because most people don’t have that cushion. Unemployment can take weeks before anything arrives, and with changes happening to assistance programs, many families are scared about what comes next.
Please hear me when I say this: I am not above you.
I’m not a celebrity.
I don’t have riches.
I’m just like you.
I’m humbled every day by GOD’s mercy and grace.
To the former Primm staff whose jobs were tied to housing please do not isolate yourselves. If possible, share housing, find roommates, lean on community. Survival right now may require temporary sacrifices, and there is no shame in that.
If you’re in Las Vegas and need something quick, there are extended stay options like Emerald Suites and Budget Suites of America that sometimes offer weekly specials.
And if you simply need immediate employment, places like Terrible's are often hiring quickly.
I also need to say something many people are afraid to say out loud: be careful with job boards. Too many postings feel manipulative or misleading. If you see a job online, research the company yourself. Go directly to the company’s careers page and apply there whenever possible. Third-party sites can slow things down, and sometimes the highest turnover companies advertise the hardest.
One thing I’ve learned: if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Watch how employees behave. Watch turnover. Watch leadership. Toxic environments always reveal themselves eventually.
That’s part of why I’m focusing more on entrepreneurship.
I sat back and thought about how much money I’ve made for other people over the years while struggling to create true security for myself. I realized I needed to build something of my own.
I wanted to purchase a vehicle yesterday for my next venture, but financially I couldn’t justify it yet. Instead of giving up, I pivoted. I’ll rent what I need temporarily, build my operations, and save toward ownership.
That’s what survivors do. We adapt.
By June, I’ll have my notary services established. Step by step. Brick by brick.
And let me tell you something else honestly — rebuilding your life after displacement takes time. Living hotel to hotel, city to city, trying to find where you belong changes you. Relearning “normal life” after instability isn’t easy.
But I still believe there’s a future on the other side of this.
I believe I will eventually find the right remote role, and if you’re fighting like me, you will too.
If you need advice while job hunting, here’s mine:
Research everything.
Protect your energy.
Trust your instincts.
And most importantly ask yourself this question:
If you could turn ONE skill into income, what would it be?
Can you bake?
Drive?
Fix cars?
Style hair?
Watch children?
Cook plates?
Clean homes?
Do landscaping?
Deliver documents?
What do YOU do best?
You’re talking to a woman who sold candy, braided hair, sold dinner plates, carpooled families, cleaned toilets, cleaned up after dogs, and did whatever she had to do to survive.
I’ve been homeless in Las Vegas before. I’ve done work people looked down on just to make it another day.
And I’m still here.
Now I’m older, wiser, and carrying more skills than I can count. Truthfully, many times I’ve been more qualified than the people supervising me. My skill set intimidates people because I know how to do so many things.
But I no longer need outside validation to understand my worth.
Right now, I’m protecting my peace.
I’m healing.
I cry when I need to cry.
I sleep when I’m tired.
I eat when I’m hungry.
I’m recovering from years of instability, emotional exhaustion, rejection, and trying to survive spaces where I never truly belonged.
And to the people who read my page just looking for material to mock me or joke about my life jokes on you.
Pain either destroys people or transforms them.
I’m choosing transformation.
Some chapters of my life are over. Some relationships are gone forever. Some industries and environments no longer align with who I am becoming. I’m no longer chasing validation, nightlife, celebrity culture, or proximity to people who never protected me in the first place.
I’m entering a quieter season now. A healing season. A rebuilding season.
And maybe that’s where many of us are right now.
So if you’re struggling today, hear this one last time:
You are not alone.
You are not forgotten.
You are not finished.
Keep going.
One day at a time.
One bill at a time.
One prayer at a time.
We’re going to find our way again.
