u/CelestantSteelios

“Live the trip, not the destination,” my father said, but for all my life I had only chased the next milestone.

When I saw the mass on the CT scan, I realized that for the first time I was in no hurry to reach the end of a journey.

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u/CelestantSteelios — 1 day ago

“Always and only two generations there shall be”, the prophecy said, and as my daughter’s maternity progressed I resigned myself to living my last days in peace and contentment.

As she screamed in pain from a labor stretched far too long, I realized that Fate would not be so kind- and that I had a terrible choice to make.

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u/CelestantSteelios — 3 days ago