“I Was 79 When, After Examining Me, the Doctor Went Pale and Asked, ‘Has Your Husband Ever Forced You to Do Something?’ Terrified, I Whispered, ‘Yes… for 49 Years.’

Still alive.

I smiled and said, “For forty-nine years, everyone asked what my husband wanted.”

Then I looked at the doctor.

“You were the first person who asked what I wanted.”

And sometimes, one question is enough to open a door that fear kept locked for a lifetime.