At first she fought to preserve herself digitally, documenting every thought and feeling on her computer before they, and she, were lost forever. But one day, as she was typing frantically, she heard a bird singing through her open window. “When I had whole brain radiotherapy, I felt as though something had dropped out, as if everything I said needed to be saved. “Somehow, when I listened to the song of a blackbird in the garden, I found it incredibly calming. It seemed to allay that fear that everything was going to disappear, to be lost forever, because I thought, ‘Well, there will be other blackbirds.

Source: New York Times September 08, 2018 18:56 UTC