Warrior

Last night, I was at GFNC and during a lull from the crowd, I made conversation with a woman. She had a red mask and I don't know why I was drawn in to talk to her. She told me she was from Florida. She told me it's the first time she traveled since the pandemic. She mentioned she had surgery soon and this trip was to have fun before it.

What kind of surgery, I asked. She said she was about to become a breast cancer survivor then said breast cancer warrior. My heart sank and leapt. I raised my hand. I'm one of those too. I shared my tale briefly. Her husband came by. I told her everything was going to be okay. Her husband said something along the lines of: it's going to be easy. I said no. It's going to suck and it's going to be hard. But IT WILL GET BETTER.

There are so many more things I wish I could say to her. You're amazing. You're so strong. You can do this. You've already done so much.