No miracle

Five days after my friend learned there were no more treatment options for her ovarian cancer and was moved to palliative care in a hospice unit, she passed away. Her husband and children were with her; it was peaceful.

We're all still stunned at this turn of events: if ever there were someone who would survive, despite long odds, she would have been the one.

Her wake was intensely, almost unbearably, sad.

I miss her already.