The End of an Era

On Friday, 11 August 2017, my brother announced on our family’s guesthouse page on Facebook that the business had closed. It was my mom’s lifelong dream and it ran for just over 12 years.

I feel relived and I think my brother and mother do too. It was untenable as a business, especially in Brasil’s current economic crisis. Also, there were two disabled people right in the heart of it (my mom and youngest brother) and it was too much for my brother, who also has his own family.

The online messages from previous guests have been heart-warming and supportive.