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

I swallow them. I can’t waste the energy. Tomorrow is Saturday. I promised Leo we’d go to the park. I need the strength to push him on the swings.

I need to push him higher and higher, towards the clouds. Because that is my job now: To give him such a strong push that he can fly through this life, even when I’m no longer there to watch him land.

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