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

back to us, cheeks flushed, eyes bright.

“Momma, can we get hot chocolate after?” he asks.

I smile.

“Yes,” I say, because yes is the easiest gift I can give.

“Yes doesn’t require the future.

Yes only requires now.

That afternoon, after the park and the hot chocolate and the moment in the car where I had to pretend I wasn’t dizzy, Leo falls asleep on the continue reading …