25988200 2857f6a32127cd4b613f9c5c698b07f0 thispositivelife http://gravatar.com/thispositivelife thispositivelife http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/2857f6a32127cd4b613f9c5c698b07f0 http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/2857f6a32127cd4b613f9c5c698b07f0 thumbnail http://2.gravatar.com/userimage/25988200/bb89ff7707bf87cf5c3376cfe8e6fced Jamie Morris Hacker James E Morris Hacker this positive life At the time of this writing, I am a 39-year-old gay man living in Evansville, IN. I moved back here, from Portland, OR, where I had lived for the last 15 years, on July 4, 2011 to get out of a bad relationship and try to get my life together. In 2009, I received a diagnosis of HIV and have not been working since 2008. Many people tell me that I should write; they love my stories. I think it is my face, my animation and my overall character that lends to people's enjoyment; I do not know how to capture that in words. That being said, I have always dreamed of being a writer. Do I have any talent? A voice? Skill? I do not know. I am going to give it a try. My Creative Writing: Fiction professor in college told me I was always too close to my characters and in that i did not understand them as others needed to; I took too much for granted. Maybe I have learned something since then. I have lived since 1991. I have made three cross-country moves, two of them ‘sight unseen’ on a Greyhound bus. I have traveled all over the West Coast. I have been homeless and living both on the street and out of my car. I have found and lost a father I never knew I had; I have gained a family after 20 years of searching. I have lost the only partner I have ever had. I have lived in fear of retaliation. I have cried, I have died inside. And more importantly, the help of a dozen or so friends, saved my life and brought me here, so that I could be safe and share this with you; I have blessings beyond measure. I want to share my stories with you and how I am moving beyond the troubles I have created in my life. I hope you will join me with your tips, your comments and of course your friendship. thank you for visiting this positive life 409 SE 1st St, Evansville, IN 47713, USA thispositivelife@mail.com true http://thebody.com http://mattew25clinic.org http://argevansville.org http://www.forty-one-south.com http://www.ohsu.edu/partnership http://until.org http://www.portlandneighborhood.com/portland-blog-04-17-2010.html