“And that’s why you asked me to carry you on my back?”
“Yes. I wanted to see whether you remembered that day from your youth. But you were laughing so happily that I didn’t want to spoil the moment with a sad story.”
At that moment, everything changed for me.
I had been so afraid that my life had ended with my husband’s death that I hadn’t even noticed how I’d spent years trapping myself in everyone else’s responsibilities.
That evening, I invited my children to dinner at a seaside restaurant.
Sarah said they could stay with me until the end of my vacation.
I smiled.
“No, sweetheart. You’re both going home tomorrow.”
They stared at me in surprise.
“And what about you, Mom?”
“I still have five days left. And for the first time, I’m not going to sacrifice them for anyone else.”
