My Son Struck Me Thirty Times at His Birthday Dinner. The Next Morning, I Sold the Mansion He Thought He Owned.
Rosa noticed that I was smiling.
‘You look like you remembered why you built this place,’ she said.
‘It wasn’t so Trevor could tell people he owned half of Houston,’ I admitted.
We laughed.
Then I told her about the small donation I planned to make to a nonprofit that offered construction apprenticeships to people who had aged out of foster care.
Not a grand announcement, just equipment and training stipends.
Rosa offered to identify experienced supervisors who could volunteer.