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Berlin Rotary

Throughout 2012, I had the chance to speak at local not-for-profit and civic organizations. Back in February 2012, I spoke at the Berlin NJ Rotary and received an award that I was honored to accept. I am touched by the fact that I have been noticed for all that I do. I spent most of […]

Reflecting on 2012 – Wallace Middle School

Early in 2012, I spoke at the Wallace Middle School in Vineland NJ. I was thrilled to be invited back and hope that this will continue over the years to come. I love sharing my story with young people. It gives them a chance to open up to us and share if they are going […]

A Year of Trauma – A Year for Unsung Heroes

Unfortunately, in 2012 we were given so many opportunities to take a look at our own lives and be thankful for what we have, all as a result of someone else’s traumatic event. Most recently, the Sandy Hook school shooting or the Colorado movie theatre shooting were two major events that made me reflect on […]

Taking Care of Everyone

Having a child with a disability or serious long term illness is enough of a challenge, but what about the other siblings? Are we paying enough attention to the entire family? Are we noticing changes but not really noticing? When you and your entire family are faced with the long term treatments and the stress […]

Family Involvement – Taking the First Steps

Everyone reacts differently to different things. When we first find out about our child’s diagnosis we, as parents, need to completely digest  and process the information at hand. What will happen to my child, what will happen to us as a family, our other children, and in general with our daily lives. Some of  us […]

Coping with the News

I have written about finding out terrible news about your child’s health, now I am going to share some ideas on how to deal and cope with the news. Finding out that your child is ill, going to need numerous treatments for long extended periods of time (maybe even years), maybe surgery, or any other shocking […]

September 11th

Is there anyone in the world who cannot tell you what they were doing on September 11th? Most of us cannot remember what we did all last week, but we can tell you where we were at the moment that changed the world – what we were doing and exactly what we did the entire […]

Statistics Shift

Without boring you with too many details, over 13,000 children under twenty are diagnosed with some form of cancer each year. Although the survival rates are at around 80%, these numbers are staggering! The chances of a child developing some other health problem as a side effect of the treatments are very high as well, […]

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and we like to use this month to raise awareness to everyone who will listen! Having people understand the impact of childhood cancer, how many of us who are stricken by this disease, and survival rates are a few of the topics that are continuously brought up. Although we […]

Preparing for the School Year

I last wrote about preparing for the school year and being unable to attend school, but there are those families faced with preparing an extremely ill child for the classroom. This is a task at hand that involves not only the school, teachers, and parents, it will include preparation of the other students and the ill child as well. […]