I had done something far simpler.
Something I had every right to do.
Something Jessica never imagined I would actually have the courage to go through with.
And judging by the way her hands were trembling around that phone…
She had just discovered exactly what it was. 
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I’m sixty-three years old, and for most of my life, I was the woman who took care of everyone else.
Psychology
My husband died six years ago, and after losing him, I realized something that frightened me.
I had spent decades being a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a babysitter, a cook, and the person everyone called whenever something went wrong.
Pregnancy & Maternity
But somewhere along the way, I had forgotten how to simply enjoy being me.
So when my sister invited our entire family on a weeklong beach vacation, I promised myself I would do something different.
