Returning to Our Roots

The hopes of having a live in assistant fell apart in a dramatic way, with me being arrested for home invasion.

After spending 30 hours in jail, and much prayer, I decided I couldn't do it anymore.  I needed to get out of the brick and mortar game.  When I got back I didn't waste anytime.  I started to make the necessary steps to close down the two houses.

As I write this we are in the process of cleaning out the old Chrysalis House, and getting rid of any materials that we don't need for our primary programming. 

At first, I just wanted to shut down everything and call it a day.  But I realized that was a selfish and self-defeating decision.  There was another way.  I had been running my youth programming from my house at 800 Thrush, by myself, without the two houses on the corner, and I could do this again. It would dramatically reduce costs, and more importantly, reduce my responsibility.

So that is what I will do.  I have a date.  We were supposed to have a grand reopening of the Art Garage with all of its renovations August 18th.  So that will be the date of the official closing.

Some may feel sad, but I feel hopeful.

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