H.O.P.E.: How to slay a dragon’s little brother Part 1

A not-so long time ago in a land kind of far away, there was a noble knight who battled a terrible dragon named Cancer.  It was a bloody, hard-fought fight, one where the knight  fought valiantly. The knight had amazing weapons at his disposal. He had support from his friends and doctors.  But It wasn’t an easy battle; it took a great toll on the knight. He even lost his hair. Yet the day came when the dragon was gone.  Victory was declared. The knight had won. He sat in his doctor’s exam room and smiled — he was Dragon-free.  He celebrated his amazing accomplishment with a toast to his doctors and friends.  They had fought the beast together and won. He had survived.

But little did the knight know, the dragon had an annoying little brother named Fear. And Fear would show up on the knight’s doorstep one Saturday morning and move in with him.

Fear followed the knight around everywhere he went.  To his job. Back to the castle. To the grocery story. To the Post Office. He was there when the knight woke up. He kept the knight from going to sleep. The knight frequently was up up all night. He even saw the little brother whenever he looked in the mirror.  Fear was driving the knight mad.  Like the rude house guest that he was,  Fear would not go away.

The knight stretched out on the couch, exhausted.  Fear stood on him, peering down eating his snack (like he had done day after day.) The knight had had enough.  It was time to kick out his house guest once and for all.

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