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A husband’s story of supporting his wife through cancer.

One day off in June 2016 I accompanied my wife on a trip to the hospital. We were used to trips to the hospital. We had four children and the youngest was four years old. Every few years we were in the hospital awaiting news about something great. But this day, things were slightly different. My gorgeous wife, had found a lump, and it needed to be checked out.

This blog is a collection of small articles about a husbands journey helping his wife through cancer.

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