prescriptions.
Cooked food she often couldn’t bring herself to eat.
Sat beside her during sleepless nights.
Stayed with her after difficult appointments.
And tried to make her remaining time as comfortable as possible.
One afternoon, after a particularly exhausting treatment, I was driving Valerie home when she rested her head against the passenger window.
“I’m destroying your life,” she murmured.
I glanced toward her.
“You have cancer. You’re allowed to be inconvenient.”
She gave a weak laugh.
“That’s a terrible thing to say.”
“But you laughed.”
She reached across the