A Daughter Racing Against Time
Saski is 21 years old, and three months ago her world began to collapse in slow motion. Her father, the man who had always been her anchor, was diagnosed with a blood cancer that changed everything overnight. Since then, every day has felt heavier than the last, like time itself is pressing down on her chest.
She watches him grow weaker, not because hope is gone, but because his care is limited. The kind of treatment he needs exists somewhere beyond reach, and knowing that is its own kind of pain. It’s the kind that keeps you awake at night, staring at the ceiling, replaying conversations you wish you could undo and futures you’re terrified to imagine.
Saski is his only daughter. He is her only family. That bond makes every hospital visit feel unbearable. She sits beside him, holding his hand, memorizing the sound of his breathing, wondering how something so precious can feel so fragile. She smiles for him when she can, even when her insides feel like they’re falling apart.
There are moments she steps outside just to cry, because she doesn’t want him to see how scared she is. She tells herself to be strong, but strength feels like a word meant for other people—people who aren’t watching the person they love fade day by day.
She’s still a student, still trying to hold onto pieces of a normal life, but nothing feels normal anymore. Classes blur together. Work shifts feel endless. And no matter how hard she pushes herself, it never feels like enough. The weight of responsibility is too big for someone her age, yet she carries it anyway because love leaves no other choice.
What hurts most isn’t just the illness—it’s the fear of losing time. Time for conversations that haven’t happened yet. Time for memories that were supposed to be made. Time that now feels like it’s slipping through her fingers no matter how tightly she tries to hold on.
Every night, Saski makes the same quiet wish: just a little more time. Not miracles. Not perfection. Just time. Enough time to say everything she hasn’t said yet. Enough time to not feel alone in a world that suddenly feels very empty.
This is the reality of a daughter standing between hope and heartbreak, loving someone so deeply that the thought of losing them feels unbearable. And still, she shows up every day—because love doesn’t stop, even when everything else feels like it’s falling apart.
