Adventures in the world

Yesterday, I went to a little Mexican restaurant on the Westside (they had very cute patio tables and they weren't busy) and had an incredible barbacoa street taco, a breakfast taco, and some aguas frescas (there was a pineapple one and a watermelon one). When I went to pay, the owner said "Can I ask you a question?" and I said yes. "Is that a port?" and then he explained that he knew it was a port, because his wife had just finished chemo and was going to be doing radiation next. We talked for a bit, he talked about how he encourages people who are going through it to just keep going, and to stay strong, and I told him how grateful I was for all the things that had aligned in my process. I told him I hoped his wife's treatment continues to go well and she recovers fully and quickly. They're going to pray for me. It was a very nice little moment out in the world, where having cancer isn't a secret, and there's community to find everywhere you go.