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.”

a spectacle,” she whispered.

“But listen to her, Diane. He’s giving her back to herself,” I replied.

Her voice cracked.

“I can hear it now.”

She pushed the door open, and I held my breath as I stepped through.

She finally looked at me.

I stepped inside and froze.

Aaron sat beside Lily’s bed, both of them laughing so hard that she was holding her stomach. continue reading …