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Bree Stilwell's avatar

Such an interesting phenomenon, this forced perspective, right? As a sister cancer survivor/thriver, this absolutely tracks for me. Myriad lessons abound, but you’ve illustrated one of them beautifully here, Katie—the supercharged value of openly accepting love and attention.

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Sterling Bowen (he/him)'s avatar

“Whenever possible, love others without wanting them to be anything other than they are.”

Wow

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Judy Toran Cousin's avatar

Hi Katie, Thank you for sharing so transparently your experience. You are a beautiful writer! I especially appreciate your "call to action" regarding being there for others :)

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