This is the Moth Radio Hour.
I'm Chloe Salmon.
A saving grace is what usually rescues something or someone from being a lost cause.
But I've always appreciated another, more optimistic view.
A saving grace as the support we get unexpectedly and often when we most need it.
In this hour, stories of finding grace in surprising places.
It seems fitting that our first story comes from a man named Hope.
He told it for us at a slam in Chicago where we partner with public radio station wbez.
Here's Hope Iyoi live at the Moth.
So growing up in Houston, I was shaped by a couple things that I couldn't escape.
One of them was my siblings.
And they're good people.
My sister Praise is three years older than me.
My younger brother Peace is one year younger, and Truth is two years younger.
But don't let's name it for you, then they're okay.
And we were all really close in age and we were all really close in size.
So we were really cramped.
And the second thing that shaped me, this tiny apartment, two bedrooms, the bathroom was frankly, disgusting for the kids, at least.
And a big part of that was the routine of us cleaning that and the entire house, honestly, the entire apartment.
My mom would come into our room.