Saying Goodbye To My Wife’s Curls

Her hair is everywhere today, but soon it will be gone from our lives completely. What on earth did I expect? Losing her hair was always priced in, as everyone’s first mental image when the doctor says “We recommend chemotherapy.” But the image brought to mind is always of a brave woman, shaving her head to ‘take back control’, with tasteful headscarves and sympathetic smiles from the strangers in the street. I didn’t think of the reality: which is that her hair will fall out slowly, then more quickly, and will deposit itself in every room of the house. Of course it would. We’ve seen these hairs around the house for at least a month now. A week or two ago I hugged her in the kitchen and placed my hand on the back of her head. It felt…thin. Flat. It still looked the same, I thought. Or was I fooling myself? But today it’s unmistakable. It’s half gone, and bald patches are appearing. My guess is we’ll shave it this coming weekend, just in time for Christmas and all the family get-togethers. <a href="https://humanparts.medium.com/saying-goodbye-to-my-wifes-curls-e898ea6c68ae">Visit Now</a>