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When Grief Looks Like Protests

Today He Is Two

“What if They Don’t Come Along?”

A Birth. An Influence. A Legacy.

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Each day of grief has different needs. Be patient

Each day of grief has different needs. Be patient with yourself. 💙

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…you become her legacy. © Chelsea Ohlemiller:

…you become her legacy.

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I’m seated on an uncomfortable chair in a hospit

I’m seated on an uncomfortable chair in a hospital waiting room, uncomfortable in more ways than one. It’s a cold, uninviting room. The place I wait for my yearly mammogram. I’m the first appointment of the day and the only patient in the office. It’s silent and calm. For most, this would be a mundane and routine appointment. For me, it’s another moment that brings raw emotion and haunting memories.

I hold a plain clipboard, answering questions about family history and risk factors. I check off boxes as I move down the list. The further I get down the paper, the more I can feel my chest tighten and my eyes increasingly wet with heartbreak. These questions sting. They are simple, yet devastating and seemingly harsh.

Anyone in your family diagnosed with cancer, check.
Anyone in your family diagnosed with breast cancer, check.
I continue to read, and painfully…
Check.
Check.
Check.

They don’t ask, but I feel like writing, “My mother died from breast cancer.” I want them to know why I sit here, tearful in pain and heartbreak. I want them to know why I will be anxious and fearful until I receive word that I am healthy and clear. I want them to know that while the test is uncomfortable, it’s not nearly as uncomfortable as living with the reality that my mother is gone, killed by the very disease I sit here to be tested for. I want them to know this isn’t easy, not because of the complexity of the procedure, but because of the complicated emotions that come from it.

This is hard in unique ways, ways they probably don’t comprehend.

As I finish the questionnaire, the nurse calls my name, ready to take me back for the procedure. As I undress, I think of my mother. As I walk into the stale and dim-lit room, I think of my mother. As the nurse places my breasts into the machine, I think of my mother. As I finish and reclothe, I think of my mother. As I listen to the instructions and the follow-up, I think of my mother.

I work diligently to hold in the tears. Through the lobby, out the hospital doors, until the moment I reach my car. I unlock the door quickly and with purpose, I know what’s coming…CONTINUED IN COMMENTS…

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