You don't treat cancer - you fight it.
You always get apprehensive before you do shoots.
When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background.
Loving and parenting a dog as a single parent can create all sorts of new and unusual problems, but also new sources of joy.
You forge different bonds with friends than with family, tell different secrets.
I think cancer is a hard battle to fight alone or with another person at your side, but I will say having someone to pick you up when you fall, stand by your side through every appointment and delivery of bad news is priceless.