The phrases 'at least...' or 'everything happens for a reason' should be expunged from our vocabulary."
Imagine going through the holidays while getting cancer treatment. For a lot of people, there’s no reason to imagine, because it’s a reality.
Don’t stress too much about how to be supportive this holiday season, says Dr. Lucy Kalanithi, who lost her husband Paul, author of the heartwrenching novel When Breath Becomes Air, in 2015 to metastatic lung cancer. “You don’t have to say something perfect! My mom always used to say, ‘When in doubt, describe’: that just means approach the conversation honestly and vulnerably.”
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