next week's poem will be happier
it’s been a minute since I wrote a poem about you / I have a lot of other things on my mind like yesterday’s mammogram and today’s biopsy and holding my daughter last night at 11pm while she cried and cried saying you’re our only parent left, Mom I need you
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#bonusbackstory: I wrote this poem to my ex-husband on June 15, 2021. The biopsy came back negative for cancer. The lump disappeared a couple weeks later. I’ve had 3 now like this. My girls have a history of breast cancer on both sides of their family. I’m grateful for each new day that I’m alive and healthy. I also take a lot of deep breaths to keep the anxiety at bay.