![]() As breast cancer permeates her family history-even her paternal grandfather underwent a radical mastectomy in the 1970s-Riggs wasn’t completely shocked by her diagnosis, but it took time for the reality of illness to sink in, as well as the development that one of her young sons was diabetic. The author entered the fray with her doctor’s grim announcement of “one small spot” on her breast and began years of treatment for a cancerous lesion that seemed initially manageable, spread, and eventually claimed her life just this year. When poet Riggs’ ( Lucky, Lucky, 2009) diagnosis of breast cancer suddenly became terminal at age 38, her view of all living things narrowed to her two sons, her strong yet fearful husband, John, and the memory of her mother, who died just months before. ![]() ![]() A loving mother of two meditates on the nature of life and death. ![]()
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