Chapter 19 - GROWING FORWARD WITHOUT US

The program improved after family branding shrank.
Annoying.
Healthy.
Professional horticultural therapists led.
Partner organizations appeared in reports based on consent and privacy standards.
No Ventresca children photographed unless genuinely relevant.
Merrick renewed for another three years after the corrective period.
Funding increased from other donors too.
No Emilia portrait on every page.
At first that hurt me.
Then I remembered her note.
Do not make this about us.
She had won.
The program eventually removed her name from the main title entirely.
Growing Forward.
Founded by Emilia Ventresca listed in history.
Not eternal branding.
Ruby approved when older.
May you like
I did too.
Dead people deserve rest from marketing.