Chapter 19

At seventy, I transferred Grace House into a protected trust.
Not to lock it away.
To keep it serving.
Part residence.
Part workshop space.
Part legal clinic.
Part memorial.
My mother’s photo remained in the living room.
Beside it, a plaque:
Grief is not consent.
Emotion is not incapacity.
May you like
Love does not require surrender.
The words from my statement had become the house rules.