I Had Nothing After Prison Until I Discovered a Cave That Gave Me a New Start

Some look at the little cabins and cry.

Some look suspicious.

Some ask.

“What’s the catch?”

I always give them the same answer.

“There isn’t one.”

Then I hand them a key.

Not forever.

Just for now.

A place to sleep.

A place to breathe.

A place to make the next decision.

Because sometimes a person does not need someone to rebuild her entire life.

Sometimes she just needs one place where she is allowed to begin.

Mine happened to be a cave in the hills.

And everything good came after that.