Thanksgiving & Christmas · Leave One Light On
Received Light.
Shared Light.
As the holidays draw near, we remember the people who made room for us—and look for one small way to make room for someone else.
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Leave One Light On.
Let Someone See It.
A TRUE STORY OF A FAMILY WHO OPENED THEIR HOME TO HOPE AND SECOND CHANCES
A home can change a life. Sometimes 57.
Peg and Jerry Gorman opened their home to one young person who needed a family.
His name was Ted.
He was the first of fifty-seven foster children they would eventually welcome.
BEFORE THE LIGHT
By thirteen, Ted didn’t need sympathy. He needed a family.
His world had already changed.
What he needed wasn’t another person feeling sorry about what had happened. He needed somewhere to live, grow, make mistakes—and belong.
PEG & JERRY GORMAN
They made room.
Peg and Jerry Gorman opened their home and kept showing up.
Cedar Hill was built from ordinary acts of care: meals, homework, rules, laughter, expectations, forgiveness, and another tomorrow.
It started with one.
One family willing to make room.
One open door.
Ted was the first.
THE TRUE STORY
The Light in the Window
The story of Cedar Hill, Peg and Jerry Gorman, Ted, and the young people who followed.
A story about family beyond biology, healing without perfection, second chances—and what ordinary compassion can make possible.
Cedar Hill mattered not because it was perfect, but because it represented possibility: a place where someone cared, where people listened, and where hope still had room to grow.
FIFTY-SEVEN INDIVIDUAL LIVES
The number gets attention. Their stories belong to them.
Ted can share his own experience. Every other person connected to Cedar Hill owns a story that only they may choose to tell.
THE STORY BECOMES AN INVITATION
Leave One Light On.
The Light in the Window tells what happened when one family made room.
Leave One Light On asks what might happen if we did too.
Not fifty-seven. Not the whole world. Start with one.
Keep One Light On. Commit to One.
57 gets your attention.
One is where it starts.
Who is your one?