It’s hard for Eric Conner to keep track of time while living on the street. He’s busy figuring out where his next meal comes from, and the days slip by.
When he moved back to his home state in 2024, he was hoping for a better life. Conner has bounced from a shelter to a large encampment to under an Oklahoma City bridge. He moved there to escape the rain and stayed for about six weeks.
But the nights have been getting colder. Conner told Stephanie Kelley, the street outreach senior manager at the Mental Health Association of Oklahoma, that he was ready for a change…