Here I am… just trying to buy some cereal and mind my day, and for one small second I let myself believe a little softness was coming my way. He walked up gentle, spoke to me kind, made me feel like maybe someone finally saw a woman with a big heart just doing her best to survive. But right when my guard started to fall, he shattered it with one question… “how much?” Like my whole worth could be priced. Like I don’t deserve a simple moment of peace in a grocery aisle... like I don’t deserve genu