My 17-Year-Old Son Shaved His Head for His Sick Girlfriend—The Next Day, Her Mother Called Me and Said, “You Need to Come to the Hospital”

have. A sense of unease, a low-frequency hum of tension, had been vibrating in the background of our lives for weeks, and I still didn’t know what it was.

Then, the physical toll on Lily became impossible to ignore. She began losing her hair. She tried to remain brave, but I knew, through the snippets Diane occasionally shared, that it was breaking continue reading …