Shades of Cancer.
16 th February 2020, 6:45 a.m. my father shuffled off his mortal coil. They thought I was strong, while my heart crumbled watching him in the state that he was in. I knew what was happening to my father.Was I strong? I can’t say for sure but if at all I was, I hoped my strength helped everyone around me. Being hopeful about his recovery, we weren’t able to confront him with the truth of his sickness as anyone who knew my father would he was pretty good at reading people’s eyes and their emotions through them. -------------- 2 nd March 2019, almost a year earlier when we returned from his successful ear treatment at the Goa Medical College in Bambolim, we celebrated his birthday. He was extremely happy to have all his loved ones present on his special day. We were happy without an inkling of the hard times to follow. It started with a cough, which was quite usual as he had been a smoker for