my mother talks to the medical staff by Jeannie Prinsen we found metastatic disease, in other words cancer the Ds and the Fs were all coming in waves it doesn’t usually start in the liver so it might be elsewhere and I just didn’t know how to interpret that so we can’t cure it but they put these green leggings on me we can give you the best possible life now well my legs were always my best feature this is a student nurse working with us today all you gorgeous are so girls she’s currently full code, we should discuss that because I wish they’d just tell us when the funeral will be we are looking at days now, not weeks that’s the sign of the promised land
Jeannie Prinsen lives with her husband, daughter, and son in Kingston, Ontario, where she works as a copyeditor for a local news organization. She can be found on Substack at https://substack.com/@jeannieprinsen.
This brought tears to my eyes. Beautifully written.