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[…]time you need.” I ignored the speed limit on the rural roads to our neighborhood. I met Heather on the stairs and we both choked up. “Papillary thyroid cancer,” were her teary words. We held each other and talked in hushed tones until our two oldest children arrived home on the bus. I called a family council–our way of informing our three children there is important family business to discuss. We sat on the living room floor and explained the situation as best we could to our eight-, six-, and four-year-old kids. We discussed the future, reassured them (and ourselves) […]