My mother and father fell on hard times after they left the Marines. She slept with us in the back seat of a 1980s white Oldsmobile to keep us warm at night.
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I remember being on a two-week car trip, which was fun in my eyes, but we never knew our mom was really trying to figure out how to get us into a home. The crazy thing about it all is that my brother and I never knew we were homeless. I’m living in a moment where I can look back to the days of being homeless and not knowing where my next meal would come from. An early photo of Edwin and Aldis Hodge with their father. Our relationship is stronger than ever now.
I learned about the true idea of forgiving at a young age. Our communication wasn’t really there for many years, but I loved him just the same.
He and my mother divorced when I was eight. He got caught up in the drug game for a moment and my mom wasn’t having it. My father, Aldis Sr., wasn’t around much in the beginning. The children of two Marines, we came from a broken home and it was only the will of my mother which led our family to the success we enjoy now. It’s something my mother, Yolette Hodge, would reiterate to my brother, Aldis Hodge, and I since we started our careers in New York City. Without a strong foundation, a house cannot stand.
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