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Today, I’m a caseworker at that same shelter. Lily is nine. She paints watercolors of the ocean. Last week, she asked me, "Mom, why do you always leave the pantry door open?"

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The good news? Cages have doors. They’re just hidden. Tonight, I’m going to show you where to find the latch. Not for me. For the rose that’s still pretending it doesn’t need the sun. Today, I’m a caseworker at that same shelter

The first six months in the shelter were humbling. I shared a room with three other women. One had a broken jaw. Another hadn’t slept in her own bed for a decade. But every night, we whispered our real names to each other. We reminded each other: You are not crazy. You are not lazy. You are surviving. Last week, she asked me, "Mom, why do

I told her, "Because no one in this house will ever be hungry for freedom again."

Then he smiled and kissed my forehead.

"Beautiful, isn’t it? Safe. Protected. No one would ever call this a prison.