I just ran into Olivia and asked her how things are going. She opened up to me and told me that her grandma has been diagnosed with cancer. She was trying to act like she was okay, but I could see that she was holding back her tears. I am normally not the best at trusting other people, but since it related to what she is dealing with I decided to tell her about Danny. I told her how my younger brother died from cancer last year at the age of nine. It wasn’t an easy time. My family was always at the hospital more than we were at home. Danny was a happy kid and always tried to cheer me up when he was the one that was dying. It has been a hard year and I’ve felt like I shouldn’t be happy, how could I be without Danny around.

Olivia also told me that her parents died in a car crash when she was five years old. I couldn’t imagine losing my parents. She has already dealt with so much loss in her life; I don’t understand why her grandma has to be ill as well.