mom with cancer

Remembering my mom, one year later

One year ago today, I jolted awake from a fitful night’s sleep. For the past five nights, I had worried my mom…
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I opened my notebook and began writing down the names of my family members. After I penned my husband and…
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It was the question I cherished and dreaded at the same time — the question I answered multiple times per…
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I jolted awake at 4:30 a.m. with two startling gasps for air. It felt like the way you frantically suck in oxygen after…
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“It just doesn’t feel like Christmas this year.” My mom’s even voice carried no hint of the sorrow she must have felt. We discussed…
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Two years ago this month, I received the call. My mom’s previously-contained cancer was found in her lungs. Although it…
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