What price is too high for personal happiness? Louisa, 73, is living with the consequences of her answer to that question. When asked to sacrifice her dream vacation savings for her granddaughter’s treatment, she refused—only to lose the roof over her head.
Her daughter’s retaliation was swift and severe: evicting Louisa from the family home that was legally in her name. “You wanted to keep your money?” her daughter said while packing Louisa’s belongings. “Now you’ll need it.”
As she navigates temporary housing and shattered family ties, Louisa wrestles with regret. Her story forces us to consider where the line falls between self-care and selfishness, and whether some choices, once made, can ever be undone.
