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Watch. Watch!” And you placed two pills in
the applesauce, gulped the spoon, then stuck out your tongue.

The Invader had stirred.
The latest scans showed the tumor was grow

I have been to many children’s hospitals, and every
visit pays witness to the word resi l ience: youths playing board
games during chemo infusions, or holding IV poles as they hurry
down hallways to an arts and crafts room.

children, especially sick children, have a toughness
unique to their young souls, one that can comfort even the fretting
adults around them.
This is something you taught me

Misfortune doesn’t have a horn.

Haitian proverb

despite their white coats and laboratories, these doctors, against this disease, were flying in the dark.

If I could f reeze an y moment and give i t to
her as a gi ft, i t might be this one, flying over the happ y expressions
of her brothers and sisters as they marvel at her return. If I could f reeze an y moment and give i t to
her as a gi ft, i t might be this one, flying over the happ y expressions
of her brothers and sisters as they marvel at her return.

I learned from the man who raised
me, and the rest I learned from you.