you from your younger days. Yesterday, when you told me about your late husband and mentioned his name, I began to suspect it. But today, when you laughed, I finally recognized you.”
“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.”
