when i went to the surgical oncology ward today, i completely lost it. i was wailing on the floor. i needed a nurse to assist me back to cardiac icu

later in the morning, when i was sitting in the cafeteria. a middle-aged woman appeared to stop. beside me. her husband was pushing her wheel chair around. she was stage iv myeloma. had lost all her hair. her bones terribly brittle. intimidated eyes. a dry foaming mouth.

yet, she forgot to sell her smile.