Parenting A Child With Terminal Cancer

2121.02 - 2144.643 Sarah Wildman

You're not supposed to attend a joyful dinner. You're not supposed to incur joy in some way. You're not supposed to go out of your way to do something that's particularly delightful unless it has to do with your work. As a parent who's lost a child, you can do whatever you want. I found this fascinating. Completely destabilizing. I wanted them to tell me that I needed a policy of abnegation.