I’m a senior woman today and living my life the best way I can, I always tried too hard to be accepted by everyone and I took way too much ignorance from others…I have finally learned how to live my life on my own terms. It’s an ongoing process because old habits are hard to break but perseverance helps. When I was diagnosed with cancer in 2020 along with the pandemic I thought I’d lose my mind however I did underestimated my sense of survival…I slowly started moving away from people who simply sucked the energy out of me, I used to accept this especially with family but I now had a lot more to deal with and I couldn’t do both…truthfully it’s not an easy process especially when you love some of these people but I had to learn how to love myself, this was lacking in my life. I’m very cautious about who gets close to me and it’s hard at times because I’m quite social but survival is important and we we have to keep going so I try to forgive myself and also I pray a lot and this also helps me to find peace in my life.