The hospital waiting room felt colder than it should have that day, though the chill had less to do with the air and more to do with the words I had just heard. I sat there holding my seven-year-old son, Liam, in my arms, trying to steady myself after the doctors explained that there was nothing more they could do. For two years he had battled leukemia with a bravery that humbled everyone around him. The treatments had left him frail and exhausted, and even breathing had become a struggle. As he rested his head on my shoulder, the way...
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