Between two kingdoms will7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Jon was gangly and awkward then, with a mouth full of braces and baggy, ill-fitting clothes, so shy he bordered on mute. The two of us go way back to band camp where we met as teenagers. When I arrive at the hotel, Jon is waiting in the lobby. At the last minute, I invite an old friend to join me, one who knew me long before my sickness. I fuss with my hair, trying to make it look a bit less post- chemo, more punk-pixie. I change out of my sweatpants and T-shirt and into a dress - a hip black dress with a high neckline that conceals my port. No part of me feels up to socializing, but I force myself to go anyway. A little less than a month after Will moves out, my friend Stacie, a singer, invites me to hear her perform at the swanky NoMad Hotel. I have no idea of what that entails, so I look to healthy peers for cues. ![]() I want so badly to be a normal twenty-six-year-old. ![]()
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