GS-At the Christmas celebration, I overheard my daughter-in-law proudl…

without knocking.

Vanessa thought politeness meant I had no lock.

Julian thought love meant I would keep handing over keys.

They were both wrong.

The house with the new locks taught them that.

And it taught me something too: freedom is not always found by holding on to what is yours.

Sometimes it begins the moment you decide who no longer gets a key.

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