We adopted the revised schedule.

It meant the opening would be modest: a clinical referral office, peer-support rooms, accessible gathering areas, and supervised mobility education, with the outdoor course and workshop expansion to follow as funding allowed.

We partnered with established therapists rather than pretend we could provide every service under one roof from day one.

My mother volunteered to organize community donations, but I asked her to choose work she enjoyed.

She selected the library and quiet room.

Within weeks she had collected shelves, books, puzzles, and soft chairs.