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DAY 29: Dildly's biopsy results are back as My Sister's House gets ready for the holidays. "Today, I helped the center out with Christmas decorations. Today, I was supposed to go to the Y, but I got stuck doing other things, voluntary. So, it's fine ... I love to help out the center as much as possible because I live here. And I want the best for this place because it's done so much for me. Last year, I was at Job Corps [during the holidays], and it was fine. But this year I will be in a shelter for Christmas, and I just feel like I don't want to spend Christmas in the shelter. Even though I really don't want to be here, what can I do? I'm not going to cry. I'm just going to put a smile on my face and have the best freaking Christmas, even if I have to make it that way. I'm not going to mope and whine and cry. I'll be a big girl. I know my blessing is coming."
"And oh, I forgot to tell you, I got my results back and [the lump] was benign. So, everything is fine. That was one thing that got me really happy."
EPILOGUE: Three months after meeting Dildly at My Sister's House, Creative Loafing caught up with her to see where things stand now. She's a full-time student now, still searching for a job and working on her youth group project. Dildly said she didn't spend the holidays at the shelter or with her foster family.
"I actually went to my mentor's house. I didn't want to spend my time here, so I went to my mentor's house and it was great," she recalled.
In 2011, Dildly plans to continue rebuilding her life.
"Hopefully," she said, "I will have a job this year ... continue my education and build A Woman's Worth to more than it is right now."
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