If Tomorrow Never Comes

by Allison Ashley

We all need one person we can be totally vulnerable around and not worry about being judged.”

In his eyes, honesty and integrity were as close to godliness as a person could get.

“Everything was different with him. Better and brighter. After that first date I found myself wanting to be with him, no matter what I was doing. Even mundane errands were better if he was with me. I loved the way he saw the world and how he helped me see it in a new way.”

it was the assumed secrecy that had bothered me so much. We talked everything out, and because Jake works with a lot of women and has women friends, we figured out that being open about his interactions with them is how I’d always feel safe in our relationship.

You can’t have an honest, worthwhile conversation with someone else if you haven’t been truthful with yourself.”

her relationship with Jake—which, while only a few years old, was solid as a rock

sure you know that no matter how you spin it, no one walks away from this unscathed. There’s something to be said for considering other people’s emotions, but sometimes our decisions are going to hurt people. Sometimes the truth hurts, but is that a reason to hold it back?

She questioned if coming here had been the right choice, stressed over the next lab draw and oncologist visit, and wondered if the cancer would come back and she’d just die of leukemia anyway. What if all this progress was pointless in the end?