Is that why you asked me to put you on your back?
- Yeah. I wanted to see if you remembered that day from your youth. But you laughed so happily that I didn’t want to spoil that moment with a sad story.
At that moment everything changed for me.
I was so afraid that my life ended with the death of my husband, that I did not even notice how for many years I locked myself in other people’s worries and duties.
That evening, I invited the children to dinner at a beachfront restaurant.
Sarah said they could stay with me until the end of my vacation.
I smiled.
- No, honey. Tomorrow you’re both coming home.
They looked at me surprisingly.
- And you, Mom?
I have five more rest days ahead of me. And for the first time in my life, I’m not going to sacrifice them for someone else.
