Operation Holiday: Nearly homeless, evicted family ‘consolidated,’ but still struggling

Operation Holiday: Nearly homeless, evicted family ‘consolidated,’ but still struggling

Due to medical issues, Melanie was told when she was young that “if I didn’t have kids in my 20s, I would never be able to have any.” And so her 13-year-old daughter Elise was born. “But God has a way of making liars out of doctors,” she said with a laugh and she now has two more children, 2-year-old Stephanie and 4-month old Aidan. All names have been changed for this story to protect the family’s privacy. A waitress whose husband has medical i…