What Stage IV cancer taught me about navigating Covid-19, systemic racism, and all other pain to come

Letting go of the idea of “normal” and other lies I’ve loved*

Image licensed via Shutterstock. By Paul Biryukov

Last year I was cracked wide open. I experienced my husband’s diagnosis of Stage IV cancer as a violent tearing up of our lives. I once saw an antelope square off against a wild dog who ripped…