My Daughter Called Her Mommy… Not Me

I was dying of brain cancer and nobody knew. Today, all I wanted was one good day. Nana’s seventh birthday. No assistants. No money flexing. Just me and her doing something that mattered. Hospitals. Toys. Sick kids who still smiled. I thought if I held onto that, maybe I wouldn’t feel so invisible.

Then we went to a charity gala.

White lights. Cameras. Applause. My husband on stage talking about love and family like he hadn’t already erased me. Like he wasn’t sleeping with someone else.

Nana squeezed my hand and whispered, “Mommy… Daddy’s here.”

That was when I saw him.