How Hugging a Stranger Can Change Your Life
Check out my article in the RTC Community! Here is a quick excerpt: From the moment we are born, we experience human connection. Touch, feel, and smell are all so important to an infant. Rocking, bathing, holding, coddling, and swaddling play a major roll in our development. Were we breast-fed? Were we rocked enough? Did […]
The Magic Pumpkin
Recently, a gentleman named Benji Palus wrote me and told me he had read my book and thought we had a nice connection since he also volunteered at a children’s hospital but in New Orleans. We chatted through FB for a few and he commended me for my work. He then asked me if I would […]
Happy & Hopeful or Sad & Fearful
I have another friend who is now having brain surgery for a tumor. My husband and I have know Carmen for over 30 years and when you speak of someone who you would never in a million years become ill, Carmen’s face would pop up in our minds. But as we all know, we are […]
Write It Down
Let’s begin with the fact that I had no formal training to write. I had a passion to get my story out of my head and thought about it for many years. My only mistake is that I did not journal in any way so jogging my memory became something very real. I managed to have […]
Epicurean Society
I had the pleasure of being invited to speak for the Epicurean Society of South Jersey and thoroughly enjoyed the evening. There were cocktails, a very nice dinner, and wonderful people to share my story with. These people are a group that meet monthly at various restaurants throughout the Atlantic City area, invite guest speakers […]
Coping
So we have experienced the “news” and now we need to cope with the reality of what we will be learning and dealing with. Once a child is diagnosed and you have all your opinions and plan of attack for the duration of the treatments. How will we handle this? Who can we ask for […]
Family
Summer is “officially” over and as we welcome in fall, I thought it would be nice to reflect on family We are soon to be approaching holiday time and that means family time to most of us. I treasure gathering the family together to have a meal and the challenge for all to get together […]
Paying Attention to the Family
Looking at the truth and seeing that there may be a problem dealing with illness of a family member is a big part of finding the cure or going through the treatments. Pay attention to this especially in younger children and teens. Ask yourself if they are changing their behavior to drastically from better to […]
Sibling Support
Hearing the news about cancer or ay other horrible illness is one thing, how we deal with it as an individual and a family is entirely another. I have written and published an article about this and live by this as well. “When one person in the family is ill, the entire family is ill.” […]
School Time
With everyone starting school all over the country, I thought I would reflect on my days and being ill and getting ready for school. It was a wonderful time of year with hair cuts, new clothing, shoes, coats ready for winter and all the new school supplies, that even when I was ill this was […]