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

me… stupid.”

Leo hiccups a laugh through tears.

“Momma’s stupid,” he sniffles, and it’s so Leo—so absurd—that I laugh too, crying at the same time.

Mike lets out a broken sound that might be a laugh or might be a sob.

Leo touches my beanie gently.

“Are you gonna be a star?” he whispers suddenly, voice tiny.

My breath catches.

I think about glow-in-the-dark continue reading …