A Quiet Hospital Stay That Became an Unexpected Source of Strength

the presence, the consistency, the sense that I was not entirely alone in that room.

Sometimes, after he left, I would lie awake for a while, replaying his words in my mind. They gave me something to hold onto. When pain flared or worries crept in, I repeated them quietly to myself.

“You’re doing better than you think.”

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