My sister sent me a text this morning, congratulating me on this penultimate day of my scheduled chemoradiation sessions. Indeed! Just one day to go. Well. Of Act 1. This play isn’t over yet — Act 2 (chemo) starts in about a month. That second act will be four months long, with new and more intense side effects.

But, I am looking forward to a nice break between the first and second acts.

While this first act has had its challenges, it’s also been teaching me things.