It had flourished.
He had changed lives he didn’t even know.
Sarah hugged him.
Do you remember what Mom Anne said before she left?
Richard nodded slowly.
“Don’t let love die with me. Give her a place to go.”
Grace smiled.
That’s exactly what you did.
Richard looked at the nine women.
Then to the children who now filled the garden.
And for the first time in many years…
the house felt as alive again as in those distant days of **1979**.
Because the love that is shared never disappears.
Find only new hearts to live.