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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
Virtual Support Groups
There is so much out there in our cyber world. We have so much to learn and so much to give, but properly finding what fits your needs, how private or how public you want to be, is the challenge. I have discovered that there are groups you can go to, let’s say on Facebook […]
Proper Online Networking
These days, so much of what we do is based off of a computer or the internet. There are so many options out there, that it is often difficult to weed through them all to find out what suits your needs. Whether you want to advertise a charity event, meet people who have similar interests, […]
