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\u201cFree tea for women over 60. You are seen. You are loved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each day, more women came.<\/p>\n

Some brought faded photographs of grandchildren. Others shared stories\u2014of lost husbands, ungrateful children, dreams abandoned. We sat together, not just drinking tea, but offering pieces of ourselves to each other.<\/p>\n

I began to smile again.<\/p>\n

I began to feel alive again.<\/p>\n

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A Sunday. Late afternoon. I was arranging marigolds in a vase when I saw a familiar car pull up outside.<\/p>\n

It was my son.<\/p>\n

He got out slowly, looking unsure. His wife followed, holding their son\u2019s hand. All three stared at the sign above the entrance.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t move.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t speak.<\/p>\n

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