My 17-Year-Old Son Shaved His Head for His Sick Girlfriend – The Next Day, Her Mother Said, ‘You Need to Come to the Hospital and See What Your Son Did’

always are,” I said. “Who eats four granola bars?”

“Lily likes the chocolate ones. The hospital food is awful,” Aaron said casually, the way other kids might mention a coffee run.

I dried my hands and watched him pack the bag with the same careful attention he’d once applied to his Lego sets.

Aaron had always been like that. Good grades, no trouble, the kind of boy who notices when a kid sits alone at lunch, and the type who steps in when someone else is hurting.

When my son started dating Lily a year ago, I called Diane that same night, feeling giddy.

Diane has been one of my closest friends for over a decade. Our children, well, her daughter and my son, had practically grown up together.

The first time Aaron held Lily’s