#and is interesting

Okay this entire inquiry might be obvious but I need to know. Does anyone know how long Sara’s fight with cancer was?

Because I took a look at the timeline leading up to season one and I realized something.

So from what Winona said about Lonnie, he left when Will was 5 (1976-early 1977, as Will’s birthday is in March). We also know Sara Hopper died in 1978.

My question is: When was Sara diagnosed?

Because if she fought for as long as I think she did due to the nature of her disease, her diagnosis and Lonnie’s departure might have happened in or around the same calendar year.

Of course, this assumes there was nothing strange about what happened to Sara, and whether or not that’s true is of course up for debate.

I could be wrong, I hope I’m wrong, this might also be an obvious fact, but I needed to get it out there. I didn’t ever realize just how close to each other those events actually were.