You Already Know
Lincoln Tuck
Alex Gaskarth
“Today was the first time my mother actually looked at me like a person before, not as a cancer patient. And then we got the diagnosis,” she explained softly. “And then it was those ‘oh-poor-you’ looks again. I just…feel like, when people look at me, all they see is cancer. They don’t see…me.”
And when Alex heard her sniffle, his eyes involuntarily watered. He had never seen her cry before, not once, not after everything she had been through, not after everything she had fought. He didn’t want to believe that she wouldn’t be able to fight it again.
“For ten years, I’ve been trying to get people to see me—beyond the cancer, beyond the chemo, beyond the pills, beyond not having hair. But I just feel like they don’t want to see it,” she told him, a few tears falling from her eyes and staining his shirt.
“I see you,” Alex said softly. “I’ve always seen you.”
** COMING SOON **
Alex Gaskarth
“Today was the first time my mother actually looked at me like a person before, not as a cancer patient. And then we got the diagnosis,” she explained softly. “And then it was those ‘oh-poor-you’ looks again. I just…feel like, when people look at me, all they see is cancer. They don’t see…me.”
And when Alex heard her sniffle, his eyes involuntarily watered. He had never seen her cry before, not once, not after everything she had been through, not after everything she had fought. He didn’t want to believe that she wouldn’t be able to fight it again.
“For ten years, I’ve been trying to get people to see me—beyond the cancer, beyond the chemo, beyond the pills, beyond not having hair. But I just feel like they don’t want to see it,” she told him, a few tears falling from her eyes and staining his shirt.
“I see you,” Alex said softly. “I’ve always seen you.”
** COMING SOON **