The Horrors Persist

And so do my children

‘Hey, are you sitting down,’ Ben says quietly down the phone. Turns out I’ve got Leukemia,’ I pause before replying.

‘I thought you might.’

I had already shared my suspicion with my parents whom I was staying with in Scotland. Ben had told me he was having his bone marrow tested, and like any loyal disciple of Dr google I had typed in ‘why would someone…