My husband, Ethan Cole, asked for my kidney on a rainy Tuesday night like he was asking.

deeper: release.

Her outcome was no longer tied to my body.

The knot of guilt I had carried finally loosened.

A year later, Marisol invited me to speak at a hospital information session for prospective living donors.

I almost declined.

Then I remembered how close I had come to surrendering myself because I thought endurance was the same thing as love.

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