Without realizing it, Debra was taken for granted for much too long. She had to change her life, however, when something occurred to her one day.
A gang of youngsters shoved her and cut in front of her while she was at Starbucks waiting for her coffee and thinking about the work that was making her sad.
The cashier accepted the children’s orders without protest. They began making fun of Debra when she protested, referring to her as a “pensioner that had nowhere to be” and a “old nag.”
In a panic, she grabbed her coffee and got into her vehicle. She realized she had been ignoring herself for too long after looking in the mirror inside.
She hardly recognized herself. She seemed worn out, with creases on her face that she couldn’t remember creating and gray beginning to seep into her hair.
She realized abruptly that decades of taking care of others had come at the price of her own health.
