On Sept. 27, 2018, neurosurgeons cut open the back of my head to remove a tumor from my brain. Even though a seven-centimeter tumor (the size of a racket ball) was removed, I gained something more. Joseph...

The squeak of the shoes. The pounding of the heavy, rubber ball. The blaring buzzer counting down the last few seconds as a brave hand deftly thrusts the ball toward the net, scoring the winning point...