In the end, you’re the only one who witnesses your life from beginning to end.
Your parents knew you when you were young, but may not be there with you in old age.
Your partner met you in your prime, but never saw you as a wide-eyed child.
Your children watch you grow old, but don’t know that you, too, were once young and full of ambition.
Your friends share a stretch of your life, but may not know all the hardships you’ve faced along the way.
Everyone sees only one part of your life.
Only you have lived it all—from youthful innocence to maturity and composure, from high hopes to learning to t