As March arrived, the COVID-19 lockdowns began. Hospitals restricted visitors. Sarah’s husband, an essential worker, couldn’t risk exposing her to the virus. The mother (Jake’s mom) had to quarantine due to her own autoimmune condition. That left Jake.
For a teenage boy, the female body is often a source of anxiety or romance. Suddenly, it became a source of grief. Sarah was his second home. She taught him how to parallel park. She was the one who bought him his first grown-up watch. Now, the “Hope of Breast” wasn't a pink ribbon on a cereal box; it was the desperate wish that the woman who helped raise him wouldn't disappear before his 18th birthday. ----18 - Hope Of Breast Sons Best Friend -2020- K...
He was no longer the kid she babysat; he was her keeper. He learned to make bone broth because she couldn't keep solids down. He researched cold caps to preserve her hair, not for vanity, but because he knew how much she loved her long braid. As March arrived, the COVID-19 lockdowns began
The "Hope of a Son’s Best Friend" is a promise. It is the belief that: The mother (Jake’s mom) had to quarantine due
When Sarah sat on the living room couch to tell Jake’s mother, the news traveled through the walls of their old colonial house. Jake, then 17, turning 18 in the spring, heard the muffled sobs. He knew the vocabulary: Stage 2, aggressive, HER2-positive, chemotherapy, port, hair loss.