the day my world stood still

My dad has cancer.  It’s a tumor in his ethmoid sinus, and they say it’s stage 4, which is about as bad as it gets, I guess.  I was talking to Michelle in the shop when mom came home and dad told her in the driveway.  Even through the window, I could tell by her reaction that it was cancer.  Alison is away on Katimavik and Dad doesn’t want her to know, because he doesn’t want her to come home.  That won’t fly.  I called Will and Kate and told them to come over as soon as they could and we sat around together, letting the news sink in and change us in a way that can never be undone.