Was it ever mean to begin

Along the long road ahead that was leading to the free flowing river Dreve, Mrs. Wikson started walking. She saw many happy and sad faces. Faces that reminded her of her youth and though she was never convinced that her youth was over, she somehow knew, she was not the person she used to be 20 years ago. Two decades is a very very long time to change a person, their situation and their whole life.