The Death of Relatability

Cancer steals a lot from you. Your time, your health, your freedom, sometimes even your life. The day that you’re diagnosed, doors that remain open for many other people slam shut in your face. And other doors—unwanted at best—open and beg to be entered.

The Weight of Living

It was a beautiful sunny day when I found out she had passed.

I was just becoming accustomed to a new tradition—stopping for gas station hot chocolate. It was a ritual I had begun after starting physical therapy to regain use of my right arm after the three surgeries I had.