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the tree in our front yard teepeed with streamers

Hearing I didn't need more scans should've felt like pure relief. It also meant losing the proof I'd learned to lean on.

me showing off my port scar after having it rremoved

Removing my port meant trusting my doctor's confidence over my own fear. That trade was harder than it sounds.

me wearing sunglasses that I bought after my last chemo infusion

I rang two bells the same day, one for the clinic, one for home. Here's the history behind it and what it actually felt like.

Lucky bracelets

Before cancer, I was always moving. Then chemo forced me to stop, and suddenly I had something I haven't had in over a decade: empty space.