Who Has Cancer
Do you ever wonder, who has cancer? For your information,there are 14 million cancer survivors in the country. Three out of every four families will have a family member with cancer. That alone is a staggering number! But the answer to the question I ask, anyone and everyone is at risk of this terrible, crippling disease. […]
Helping Through The Year
You can help to raise awareness for childhood cancer as well as so many other childhood diseases at any point in the year, not just during a “special” month. Although it is nice to have a special month to promote, I feel reaching out throughout the year is just as important. I have been able […]
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 […]
Keep Laughing
Dealing with caring for a sick child?
Cloudy Days
Whenever the clouds come out it gives me a reason to think about how nice the sunshine is.
Helping the Unfortunate
The other day, a close friend and I went to our friend Nancy’s home to go through all of her clothing.
Breast Cancer Walk
For the past few years I have done a few walks benefitting Breast Cancer in October but the one that holds a special place in my heart is the walk at Cooper River Park in New Jersey.
Remembering
When I was a child I had some not so very happy experiences related to my illness.
Life is Funny
I have lost two wonderful people in life in the past week and have gone through a normal kind of grieving. Sadness and happy memories and even a feeling of anger at times that they have left us.
