I was sitting in a counselor’s office talking about work related stress when I noticed the counselor hadn’t said anything for a solid 5 minutes. It seemed like I was talking for an eternity before I noticed that she was looking at me waiting for me to pause so she could ask a question she […]
“You host the best events.” I thought about that for a minute, “I host the best events”? It was a Monday night and we were sitting in the Dreams Come True room at the hospital living out my crazy idea of making 36,000 gold ribbons and handing them out to fans as they enter the […]
Do you ever open the blinds in here during the day? I asked. Not really, he replied. I was pushing in the last few milliliters of a stem cell transplant. The room was dark, the blinds were closed and there was a stillness in the air. It was just me and him in the room. […]
I sat down to do an interview a few weeks ago and was asked “Why do you have such a passion for childhood cancer, you were never personally affected, right?” Right. I was caught off guard, the reporter was as friendly as ever and it wasn’t a snarky question. It was a genuine, “WHY?”. And […]
I felt it coming. The knot in my throat. The air started to escape me. My heart started pounding so fast I felt like I had just ran a mile. This feeling had been there before, but this time it was different. There was no stopping the tears that were about to flow. I woke […]
If there’s anything I’ve learned being a pediatric oncology nurse, it’s that bad things happen to really good people. And I mean… really good people. It’s almost too hard to comprehend on a level that helps me not question the larger plan. I’d be lying if I said I said I had the mindset “God’s […]
April 15th 2019 is a day that will be in history books for years to come- the 856 year old Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris went up in flames, taking with it a long line of historic lessons, memories and miracles. The famous Cathedral has been around for 9 centuries and symbolizes restoration, renewal and […]
” I think I’m in love” “Oh you are? With who?” “With… with… you. I think you’re so beautiful” And then I picked my heart up off the floor and tried to act calm, cool and collected. This was an actual conversation I had with a little boy as he was sitting in a hospital […]
Do you know a physician, ARNP/PA, nurse or CNA? What comes to mind when you first think of them? Their personality, their strength, their friendliness? Are they happy, cynical, joke all the time? What best describes that person you love? We get a lot of titles working in the medical field and truthfully, the job […]
I’ve heard it a million times… “Leukemia is the best kind of cancer for a child to get” ……………………………. That can’t sit right with you, right? That we’ve become so desensitized or unaware as a society that we try and bargain that if a child gets cancer, at least it’s “the good kind”? Let me […]
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