Flipping up the hood of my parka, I took a deep breath be fore stepping out into the icy March wind. The day was bleak, the sky a dour gray. Not ideal conditions for a stroll, but I needed some air—even if it was freezing.
The past few days I’d been in a bad place—a feeling I couldn’t seem to shake. But I was determined to walk it off. I planned to take my usual route, a fivemile loop around my neighborhood, then back home. But with each step, my thoughts raced.
It all started when I learned that my dear friend’s cancer was back. It had been in remission for two years, and we thought she was cancerfree. She sounded optimistic over the phone, but the news was hard to hear. Now it seemed that it was all I could think about. And the anxiety just kept building.
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