A Yes that Changed Everything

Mitchi remembers a time when “more” was something she could feel but not yet define. “I just wanted more,” she says. “I didn’t know what that more was… but I just felt it.” Life was steady but tight, sharing space with her daughter and facing a long stretch of closed doors in work, school and opportunity. “It was a lot of different no’s,” she explains. “Just life in general.”

Still, she kept moving forward. “I just kept telling myself, ‘Keep going. It’s going to eventually work out.’”

When Miami Habitat was first mentioned to her, it did not feel possible. “A house? At 25? No way… that can’t be me,” she remembers. She turned it down twice. Fear made the idea feel too far away. But something changed over time, and eventually she applied. “Very casually applied, not thinking that I would get it.”

Then came the call that shifted everything. “Congratulations,” she recalls. “I broke down crying… after all of the life obstacles… it was a yes.”

That yes became a home in 2018, and soon after, a place of protection during uncertain times. “I was here for the whole entire pandemic. In this house.” When she became sick, that stability mattered in a deeply personal way. “I was so grateful that I did have a home… I was able to isolate myself.”

 “There’s nothing like coming home,
​turning your own key… and I’m at peace.” 
- Mitchi

Inside the home, life opened in new ways. Her daughter now has her own room. “That’s her sanctuary,” Mitchi says. “She didn’t have a room before.” Sleepovers, privacy, and space to grow became part of everyday life.

For Mitchi, home means peace. “There’s nothing like coming home, turning your own key…and I’m at peace.” It is where she can reset after long days without passing the weight of them onto her daughter.

And it is where family comes together. Holidays, birthdays, and ordinary days are now shared under one roof. “It’s not just about the home,” she says. “It’s about the stability.”
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She speaks often about perseverance. “Pushing myself to do it,” she says. “Keeping up with my home… treating it like it was the first day that I got the keys.”
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For her, this home is more than a place to live. “This is a blessing. It’s a gift.”

And it is something she now passes forward. “This is not just mine. This is yours,” she tells her daughter. “You always have a place to call home.

Through Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami, and with support from Hard Hats and High Heels, Mitchi became one of ten single moms whose homes were sponsored by the event. 

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