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Molly Freedenberg's avatar

My 🌀💜 sister had cancer and it absolutely changed her on almost every level. Even the look in her eyes is different. But most notably her ability and willingness to put up with any bullshit that exhausts or upsets her has nearly disappeared. It’s like she’s connected deeply to who she really is and to what’s truly important in life, and is unafraid of death, and she can’t forget what she knows now that she’s well again. Plus she’s aware her time could be limited, and so wasting it feels unbearable. It’s actually very cool and inspiring, though for such a painful reason.

I think also she’s just seen so much of the dark side - the pain, the fear, the misery of chemo - that it’s weird to relate to the mundanity of regular human life again. And especially to anyone who wasn’t there or supportive during that time.

The whole experience was a lens that seems to have shifted how she sees everyone and everything.

So it makes sense to me Catherine would be different now, and protecting herself, and more able to say no. Who cares about upsetting some royal handlers when you’ve met Death?

What makes me sad about Kate in particular, though, and maybe my sister too, is the loss of that sparkly joyous spontaneous purple. I think for Kate it was royal life. For my sis it’s illness and family life. I hope both of them find a way to get it back.

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Karli's avatar

How does the bluedigo recover from being so overwhelmed? Especially when they feel everything 💙🌀

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