My Prom Dress Stayed in the Closet After My Stage 3 Diagnosis—But What My Date Did at Prom Changed My Future Forever

But that night taught me something I carried into every hospital room after that.

Fear can walk beside you.

But it doesn’t get to lead.

And sometimes, the people who love you don’t just hold your hand through the darkness.

Sometimes, they run ahead and find a door you didn’t know was there.