side-effects

2 Jun, 2026

We did not plan this life; it gathered itself around us. In our new house, somewhere beyond the city, beneath an old pepper tree, we start learning again how to be a family in a new way, but cancer strikes again, and old ghosts from the past reappear.

12 May, 2026

Chemotherapy brought waves of nausea, exhaustion, insomnia and unexpected loss, including en masse loss of my luscious head of hair. We applied humour and resilience to carry us through each difficult day, reminding ourselves that even the hardest moments eventually pass.