Chris wrote that on the day he learned about Lily’s diagnosis, he had been terrified. Not simply of the disease, but of the possibility that he might lose his child.
And instead of staying and fighting beside us, he had run away.
But everything changed on the day he learned that, months later, Ben had been diagnosed too.
He couldn’t believe that he had abandoned his sick daughter, and while he was hiding from his own fear, his son had become sick as well.
Chris wrote:
I realized that the worst thing in the world isn’t being afraid of losing your children. The worst thing is not being there when they need you most.
I immediately called my father.
“You knew?”
There was a long silence on the other end.
“Yes.”
“How could you hide this from me?”
My father took a heavy breath.
