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

this publicly.

People show up with casseroles and compassion.

And also with judgment.

They show up with conspiracy theories about medicine.

They show up with advice nobody asked for.

They show up with the kind of cruelty that hides behind “just being honest.”

And worst of all, they show up hungry for tragedy, like it’s entertainment.

I type back slowly:

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