I Promised My Son Forever—Then Cancer Made Me Count the Months

I just committed the worst sin a mother can commit: I looked my five-year-old in the eye and promised him a lie he’ll remember forever.

My name is Sarah, I’m 34, and right now I’m squeezed into my son Leo’s race car bed. He’s asleep, one hand gripping my t-shirt like a lifeline. I’m staring at the glow-in-the-dark stars on his ceiling, trying not to continue reading …