a different part of the c

k at a fair price and might b

s ownership. A retired tea

d might be willing to offe

ered potential asset, a name

e escape route, a lifelin

aredness to the seemingly

's public transportation

dules and potential delays

han others at different time

ive incidents. This granul

of her personal defense sy

d margin of safety. Silas's

her routine, but they woul

tent behind

so often a source of tendern

le she showered her daughte

potential shock of future h

but framed them within a nar

of resourcefulness, encour

ake do with what they had.

out cultivating an inner str

rnal circumstances. Maya, wi

mental fortitude that would

r mother had built w

ilas observed in Angie wa

ultivation. She had, through

earned to compartmentalize he

quired. This discipline was

understood that her own com

rce of stability in a world

s unwavering commitment to r

ent power that no amount o

ry sense of the word, a gh

ndeniably present and