For years, Matthew Hernandez had a system. In the summer, he’d work construction in mountain towns around Glenwood Springs. In the fall, he’d go home to Pueblo and spend the winter with his mother.
That changed last year.
“She didn’t want to go out for Thanksgiving dinner,” he said. “She goes, ‘I’m leaving.’ I’m like, ‘What? What do you mean you’re leaving?’”
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