Laura Bilson
Esther Davis and her husband, Ronald Davis, live at the new James Lewis Jr. Apartments in Charleston. She had been living with her oldest son in Summerville and in recovery from addiction before her application was accepted for this apartment.
Buy Now
Esther Davis sits in her home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Charleston. Davishad been living with her son and in recovery from drug addiction before her application was accepted for this apartment. She described having her own space as giving her “serenity.”
- Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Ronald Davis listens to his wife, Esther Davis, laugh in their home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments on May 30 in Charleston. Beside him, her open Bible sits on a table. Esther stopped using last year, before they moved from New York. They have been married for 35 years. “I’ve put him through hell,” she said. When she questioned why he had stayed, Ronald said “because I love you.”
- Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Davis stopped using last year, before she and her husband moved from New York. She attributes getting clean to her journey back to faith. “What affected me was when I finally realized Jesus loves me,” she said.
- Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Photos of family sit on the walls of the Davis home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Charleston. Davis had been living with her son and in recovery from drug addiction before her application was accepted for this apartment. She described having her own space as giving her “serenity.”
- Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Ronald Davis laughs in his home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Charleston. His wife, Esther Davis, had been living with her son and in recovery from drug addiction before her application was accepted for this apartment. They have been married for 38 years.
- Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Esther Davis sheds a tear as she sits in her home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Charleston. Davis’ life has been haunted by loss and abuse. By age 8, she had lost many family members to drugs, murder, and suicide. When she was 15, she had her first child. Like many adults in her life, she eventually turned to drugs to numb her pain. "Addiction was my god," she said. At 62, she got clean and moved to Summerville to live with her oldest son. In January, she applied for this apartment and got in.
- Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Photos of family sit on the walls of the Davis home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Charleston. Davis had been living with her son and in recovery from drug addiction before her application was accepted for this apartment.
- Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Esther Davis sits in her home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments on May 30 in Charleston. Davis had been living with her son and in recovery from addiction before her application was accepted for this apartment. She described having her own space for her and her husband as giving her serenity. “I never thought I’d have anything to call my own,” she said.
- Photographs by Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Esther Davis sits in her home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Charleston. Davis had been living with her son and in recovery from drug addiction before her application was accepted for this apartment.
- Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Esther Davis reads a poem that she wrote about her experiences with trauma while she stands in her home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Charleston. Davis had been living with her son and in recovery from drug addiction before her application was accepted for this apartment.
- Laura Bilson/Staff
More like this...
'; oEngagementContainer_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747.append(sHTML_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747); } }); } // Build engagement set $.each(oResponse.assets, function(index) { if (index == 1 && sOriginID_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 == null) { sOriginID_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = oResponse.assets[0].id; } // Display assets once origin is found // Find origin then begin displaying assets if (bFoundOrigin_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 == true) { if (this.id == sOriginID_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747) { // Found orgin a second time. Stop gathering assets and kill next_url bStop_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = true; sNextUrl_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = null; oEngagementMore_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747.remove(); } else if (bStop_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 == false && this.id != 'c96deb82-1ecd-11ef-9b1e-f3d5dc210747') { // Display asset var sHTML_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = ''; if (this.content.includes('engagement-asset') && iDisplayCount_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 < iMaxDisplay_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747) { iDisplayCount_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 ++; sHTML_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 += '
' + this.content + '
'; } } } else { if (this.id == sOriginID_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747) { // Origin found. Begin displaying assets bFoundOrigin_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = true; } else { // Origin found is false. Skip asset // Fail-safe in case origin is not present in set. This can be removed when origin is fixed. if (bFirstRun_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 == true) { // Stored first id sFirstID_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = this.id; bFirstRun_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = false; } else if (this.id == sFirstID_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747) { // We've started again. Force origin sOriginID_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = sFirstID_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747; bFoundOrigin_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = true; } // end Fail-safe } } // Append engagement assets to container oEngagementContainer_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747.append(sHTML_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747); // Stop traversing asset array if (iDisplayCount_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 >= iMaxDisplay_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747) { bStop_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = true; return false; } }); // Include block_id on newly added list items oEngagementContainer_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747.find('.engagement-item.original').each(function() { var sHref_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = scrubURL($(this).find("a.centered-content-link").attr("href")); if(sHref_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747!="javascript:void(0)"){ // Add content discovery tracking sHref_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 += '#tncms-source=endcard-gallery'; // Add to image and headlines links $(this).removeClass('original').find("a.centered-content-link").attr("href", sHref_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747); } }); // Check next URL if (sNextUrl_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 && bStop_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 == false) { // if origin hasn't been found yet and we hit next_url. Trigger the set to pull in again. if (bFoundOrigin_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 == false) { // No origin yet. Call the populate function __tnt.engagement.assets["c96deb82-1ecd-11ef-9b1e-f3d5dc210747"].populate(sNextUrl_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747); } else { // Append sNextUrl_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 to engagement set oEngagementContainer_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747.append('
'); if (iDisplayCount_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 < iMaxDisplay_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747) { // Get next url and request more assets __tnt.engagement.assets["c96deb82-1ecd-11ef-9b1e-f3d5dc210747"].populate(oEngagementMore_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747.data('next-url')); } } } // Add total count to container if (bStop_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 == true) { // Add total count to container oEngagementContainer_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747.attr("data-engagement-total", iDisplayCount_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747); // Remove engagement loading spinner oEngagementSpinner_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747.remove(); return false; } } else { // Empty asset set returned. Go back in for a real set if(__tnt.engagement.assets["c96deb82-1ecd-11ef-9b1e-f3d5dc210747"].attempts<2){ if(sNextUrl_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747==null||sNextUrl_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747==""){ sNextUrl_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = "/photo_galleries/photos-affordable-housing-gives-woman-a-second-chance-in-charleston/collection_c96deb82-1ecd-11ef-9b1e-f3d5dc210747.html"; } __tnt.engagement.assets["c96deb82-1ecd-11ef-9b1e-f3d5dc210747"].populate(sNextUrl_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747); __tnt.engagement.assets["c96deb82-1ecd-11ef-9b1e-f3d5dc210747"].attempts++; } } }); } } // Rewrite URL for preview // TODO move to one location function scrubURL(sURL) { if (typeof sURL != 'undefined'){ return sURL; } }
Buy Now
Esther Davis sits in her home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Charleston. Davishad been living with her son and in recovery from drug addiction before her application was accepted for this apartment. She described having her own space as giving her “serenity.”
- Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Ronald Davis listens to his wife, Esther Davis, laugh in their home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments on May 30 in Charleston. Beside him, her open Bible sits on a table. Esther stopped using last year, before they moved from New York. They have been married for 35 years. “I’ve put him through hell,” she said. When she questioned why he had stayed, Ronald said “because I love you.”
- Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Davis stopped using last year, before she and her husband moved from New York. She attributes getting clean to her journey back to faith. “What affected me was when I finally realized Jesus loves me,” she said.
- Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Photos of family sit on the walls of the Davis home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Charleston. Davis had been living with her son and in recovery from drug addiction before her application was accepted for this apartment. She described having her own space as giving her “serenity.”
- Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Ronald Davis laughs in his home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Charleston. His wife, Esther Davis, had been living with her son and in recovery from drug addiction before her application was accepted for this apartment. They have been married for 38 years.
- Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Esther Davis sheds a tear as she sits in her home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Charleston. Davis’ life has been haunted by loss and abuse. By age 8, she had lost many family members to drugs, murder, and suicide. When she was 15, she had her first child. Like many adults in her life, she eventually turned to drugs to numb her pain. "Addiction was my god," she said. At 62, she got clean and moved to Summerville to live with her oldest son. In January, she applied for this apartment and got in.
- Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Photos of family sit on the walls of the Davis home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Charleston. Davis had been living with her son and in recovery from drug addiction before her application was accepted for this apartment.
- Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Esther Davis sits in her home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments on May 30 in Charleston. Davis had been living with her son and in recovery from addiction before her application was accepted for this apartment. She described having her own space for her and her husband as giving her serenity. “I never thought I’d have anything to call my own,” she said.
- Photographs by Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Esther Davis sits in her home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Charleston. Davis had been living with her son and in recovery from drug addiction before her application was accepted for this apartment.
- Laura Bilson/Staff
Buy Now
Esther Davis reads a poem that she wrote about her experiences with trauma while she stands in her home at James Lewis Jr. Apartments, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Charleston. Davis had been living with her son and in recovery from drug addiction before her application was accepted for this apartment.
- Laura Bilson/Staff
More like this...
'; oEngagementContainer_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747.append(sHTML_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747); } }); } // Build engagement set $.each(oResponse.assets, function(index) { if (index == 1 && sOriginID_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 == null) { sOriginID_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = oResponse.assets[0].id; } // Display assets once origin is found // Find origin then begin displaying assets if (bFoundOrigin_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 == true) { if (this.id == sOriginID_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747) { // Found orgin a second time. Stop gathering assets and kill next_url bStop_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = true; sNextUrl_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = null; oEngagementMore_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747.remove(); } else if (bStop_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 == false && this.id != 'c96deb82-1ecd-11ef-9b1e-f3d5dc210747') { // Display asset var sHTML_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = ''; if (this.content.includes('engagement-asset') && iDisplayCount_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 < iMaxDisplay_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747) { iDisplayCount_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 ++; sHTML_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 += '
' + this.content + '
'; } } } else { if (this.id == sOriginID_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747) { // Origin found. Begin displaying assets bFoundOrigin_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = true; } else { // Origin found is false. Skip asset // Fail-safe in case origin is not present in set. This can be removed when origin is fixed. if (bFirstRun_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 == true) { // Stored first id sFirstID_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = this.id; bFirstRun_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = false; } else if (this.id == sFirstID_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747) { // We've started again. Force origin sOriginID_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = sFirstID_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747; bFoundOrigin_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = true; } // end Fail-safe } } // Append engagement assets to container oEngagementContainer_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747.append(sHTML_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747); // Stop traversing asset array if (iDisplayCount_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 >= iMaxDisplay_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747) { bStop_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = true; return false; } }); // Include block_id on newly added list items oEngagementContainer_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747.find('.engagement-item.original').each(function() { var sHref_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = scrubURL($(this).find("a.centered-content-link").attr("href")); if(sHref_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747!="javascript:void(0)"){ // Add content discovery tracking sHref_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 += '#tncms-source=endcard-gallery'; // Add to image and headlines links $(this).removeClass('original').find("a.centered-content-link").attr("href", sHref_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747); } }); // Check next URL if (sNextUrl_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 && bStop_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 == false) { // if origin hasn't been found yet and we hit next_url. Trigger the set to pull in again. if (bFoundOrigin_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 == false) { // No origin yet. Call the populate function __tnt.engagement.assets["c96deb82-1ecd-11ef-9b1e-f3d5dc210747"].populate(sNextUrl_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747); } else { // Append sNextUrl_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 to engagement set oEngagementContainer_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747.append('
'); if (iDisplayCount_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 < iMaxDisplay_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747) { // Get next url and request more assets __tnt.engagement.assets["c96deb82-1ecd-11ef-9b1e-f3d5dc210747"].populate(oEngagementMore_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747.data('next-url')); } } } // Add total count to container if (bStop_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 == true) { // Add total count to container oEngagementContainer_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747.attr("data-engagement-total", iDisplayCount_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747); // Remove engagement loading spinner oEngagementSpinner_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747.remove(); return false; } } else { // Empty asset set returned. Go back in for a real set if(__tnt.engagement.assets["c96deb82-1ecd-11ef-9b1e-f3d5dc210747"].attempts<2){ if(sNextUrl_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747==null||sNextUrl_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747==""){ sNextUrl_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747 = "/photo_galleries/photos-affordable-housing-gives-woman-a-second-chance-in-charleston/collection_c96deb82-1ecd-11ef-9b1e-f3d5dc210747.html"; } __tnt.engagement.assets["c96deb82-1ecd-11ef-9b1e-f3d5dc210747"].populate(sNextUrl_c96deb82_1ecd_11ef_9b1e_f3d5dc210747); __tnt.engagement.assets["c96deb82-1ecd-11ef-9b1e-f3d5dc210747"].attempts++; } } }); } } // Rewrite URL for preview // TODO move to one location function scrubURL(sURL) { if (typeof sURL != 'undefined'){ return sURL; } }
Laura Bilson
- Author email
