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

beside me, hands in his pockets, shoulders tense.

We look like any other couple at the park.

If you didn’t know.

If you couldn’t see the invisible catastrophe hanging over us like a storm cloud no one else can feel.

Leo runs to the swings and points at the one with the bucket seat.

“Momma! Push me! High! High like a rocket!”

I swallow, summon strength I continue reading …