Dad always said that when I got completely better, the three of us would go to Paris.
I want to see the Eiffel Tower at least once.
If it costs too much, then please don’t bring me any other presents.”
I sat on the kitchen floor holding that letter, barely able to breathe.
But the most painful part wasn’t even the Eiffel Tower.
It was this sentence:
“When I get completely better.”
My child still believed he had time.
He believed there would be a day when the hospital visits would end.
A day when his father would come home.
A day when the three of us would simply pack our suitcases and fly to Paris together.
But I knew something he didn’t.
That “someday” might never come.
That evening, I called his doctor.
“I want to take Leo to Paris.”

There was silence for a few seconds.