Social Distancing-They’ve Been There
Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, many of us have been asked to practice “social distancing” – staying home and away from large cro...
Bringing Home to the Hospital
Hospital rooms usually feel less than homey – beeping machines, fluorescent lighting and the sterile smell don’t exactly create a comfortin...
Losing Friends During Cancer Treatment
I didn’t really know what a friend was until my son, Liam, was diagnosed with leukemia in May of 2018. When we first got the devastating news...
Cancer Changes How We Love
When cancer has invaded your life, showing love means more than flowers, chocolates or a fancy dinner date. Love means rubbing your child’s f...
Part 3: Being a Friend to Someone in Grief
This is the third piece in a 3-part series. If you haven’t already, please go back and read Part 1: What Grief Is Not and Part 2: What is Gri...
Part 2: What is Grief?
This is the second piece in a 3-part series. If you haven’t already, please go back and read Grief - Part 1: What Grief Is Not. What is grief...
Part 1: Grief – What It Isn’t
“I’m so sorry for your loss.” These are the words we automatically turn to when someone tells us they’ve lost someone. These words are ...
A Message to Dads
When Tamer’s son Zein was diagnosed with cancer at age 5, Tamer had a hard time letting other people in and asking for help when he and his f...
Grandparenting a Child With Cancer
A child’s cancer diagnosis sends a ripple effect through everyone who loves them – but when you’re a grandparent or other secondary careg...
How Cancer Makes Us Mighty
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, the child and the family face challenges they never knew existed — but they also find strength they di...
Survivor’s Guilt
“Whoa. This is a real thing,” I thought to myself when I finally realized where my brain was going. We had been home from the hospital for ...
When Kindness Keeps Us Going
When your family is facing cancer, you might feel like you are continually running on fumes. You haven’t showered, gone grocery shopping, or ...
Fighting Isolation as a Cancer Parent
Isolation – it’s one of the many painful challenges cancer families experience during and after treatment. Many parents feel they can’t l...
6 Ways Cancer Changes Your Perspective
When your child is diagnosed with cancer, it changes the lens through which you view the world. Things look and feel different, and certain thi...
Cancer Parents’ Advice to Themselves
If you could go back to the day your child was diagnosed, what advice would you give yourself, knowing what you know now? This is the question ...
Advocating for Your Child During Cancer Treatment
Occasionally, parents of children with cancer experience surprising and tense situations with clinical care teams. For Nicole, mother of acute ...
Self-Care Tips for Cancer Caregivers
When you’re caring for a child with cancer, self-care could easily be the last thing on your mind. Caregivers frequently hear phrases like ...
How to Be the Friend a Cancer Family Needs
When your family is facing childhood cancer, the friends who go above and beyond make all the difference. But if you are that friend or family ...