Hugging strangers with cancer
I stood in line at the supermarket just now, talking to a friend.
“It’s odd how I can’t have antioxidants…” I said. “I guess they want the chemo drugs to remain in my body.”
The woman in front of me turned. ”Hi…I’m sorry to interrupt. You can’t have antioxidants? I was just diagnosed with breast cancer…just last week.”
She still had that look about her, the one where she didn’t quite believe that it was real.
We stared at each other for a moment, and then I gave this complete stranger a hug.
“One day at a time, right?”
“Yep.”
I guess cancer is one shortcut that gets rid of all the bullshit.
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