My 17-year-old son shaved his head for his sick girlfriend – the next day, her mother said, “You need to come to the hospital and see what your son did.”

make it stop hurting.”

She wiped her face quickly with the back of her hand, as if she were angry at her own tears for showing up.

“And today, today he did something, and I couldn’t even… I couldn’t find the words on the phone.”

“She just rolls over.”

Diane started walking again, faster now, her shoes squeaking on the polished floor. I kept pace.

“I’ve continue reading …