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< p > and now I was alone.

< p > It all started with fatigue. I had less and less strength overnight. Once I could cook, clean, run behind my grandchildren for hours. Now he would get up with & Żka; Żka was a challenge. < p > — It's because of age, mom — Son said when I complained for the first time. & Amp; MDASH; You must accept it.

< p > but it was not age.

< p > It was a disease.

< P > The doctor confirmed the worst. I needed treatment and care. Someone who takes care of me.

< p > — Don't worry, we can handle — she said c & oacute; when I told her about it.

< p > I believed.

< p > but then the days changed in weeks, and I heard more and more often:

< p > — Mom, I can't come today, I have a job.

< p > — Mom, you know how it is with the children & Hellip; I don't have time.

< p > — Mom, maybe ask someone else ?

< p > someone else ?

< p > I devoted my whole life to them. I was there when they needed help. I devoted work, dreams, social life to always be for them.

< p > and when I needed help & hellip; There was nobody.

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< p > I reached for the phone with trembling hands. I called C & Amp; Oacute; Rki.

< p > — Mom, we are just entering a restaurant for dinner. I will call p & oacute; good ?

< p > did not call.

< p > I was alone.

< p > In the apartment where & oacute; there was once a lot of laughter, now there was silence.

< p > only me and m & oacute; j b & oacute; l.

< p > and the awareness that I gave my whole life to people who have never intended to give me a moment of time. /P > < p >

Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116