I just got home from working a 12 hour shift at the hospital and I’m sitting on the couch mindlessly scrolling social media. On instagram, I come across a beautiful girl, a 6 time leukemia fighter, and my heart sinks. Because I know what that picture means. She looks happy and peaceful, I’ve been here […]
You are appreciated. I see you. I see you every single day you walk into the hospital. I see the look on your face after you’ve spent an entire day at work and now about to spend the entire evening on a couch 3x too small for you. I see your eyes dim the second […]
Imagine You’re a parent of at least one child and you’ve never heard the words “childhood cancer” in person. In fact, you didn’t even know it existed until you saw a St. Jude’s commercial of bald headed beautiful children on an oncology unit. You’re oblivious to the world that is childhood cancer, and who could […]
You are brave You didn’t ask for this life. One day, you were playing with your sibling, living a care free life and your biggest worry was if your parents would find out about the typical sibling war you had earlier in the day… the next, you’re sitting in a hospital room finding out they […]
“Put me out of a job. Put us all out of a job” There were a few of us sitting at the nurses station preparing for the day ahead of us. We were making small talk about childhood cancer, research funding and plans for the future. I hadn’t told many people of my future goals […]
You are enough. I see you. I see you every single day with that look on your face. You still have the smile, the smile that tells me behind it has a whole lot more to say. I want you to know: You are enough. I saw your face the day you heard the words […]
Picture your child walking into a toy story to pick up a toy that they saved up their money for. Your child is all smiles, gleefully trotting down the aisle as they’ve waited “FOREVER” for their latest “have to have this mom!” toy. They run up to the checkout aisle, eagerly awaiting to pay for […]
tragedy meaning: a very sad event or situation, especially one involving death or suffering ——————————————————————————————————————— It started out like every other weekend I’ve experienced, work followed by a day or two off, then the assumption of back to work on Monday. It truly was no different than any other weekend, until it was. I could […]
When you are told your child has cancer your heart stops. I swear it! I remember being told my child had cancer and I immediately wanted to ball up and cry myself into oblivion. That is what I would consider the natural reaction, however, that isn’t the reaction you are allowed to have. You have […]
It was a Saturday night in 2015 and I was scrolling through Facebook frantically searching for an update on a local little boy who was hospitalized for treatment related to his leukemia. The night before, his mom posted that he was teetering between staying on their current unit or going to the PICU and was […]
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