At 62, I decided to go on vacation alone for the first time, without my children. But when my daughter received this photograph of me on the beach, she began to shout, “Mom, STAY IMMEDIATELY AWAY FROM THAT MAN! YOUR LIFE IS IN DANGER!”

My name is Margaret and I’m 62. Since my husband’s death, I have spent almost eight years living exclusively for my children and my grandchildren.Christian books

Every morning I would get up at six, prepare breakfast for my grandchildren, do the shopping, clean my daughter’s house and, in the evening, return to my empty apartment.

My children loved me, but sometimes I felt that for them I had become more of a free babysitter and housekeeper than their own mother.

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I’m a very overweight woman. Weight around 150 kilos and, for the last few years, I was even ashamed to wear a swimsuit.Family Plans

But one day I stood in front of the mirror and decided that I was not going to spend the rest of my life fulfilling the wishes of others.

I booked a seven-day holiday in a seaside resort.