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Cancer, Child, Motherhood
January 12, 2019
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How a Photo Shared in a Facebook Group of Moms Helped Save One Little Boy’s Life

Mom groups often get a bad name for being catty, judgy, or full of multi-level marketing schemes—and to be honest, a few of them can be like that.…

Living
January 10, 2019
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To the Moms Who Conquered Cancer

Some of us moms have fought one of the scariest battles of all. It’s a disease whose name causes hearts to race, faces to turn ashen, and rooms to…

Grief
October 31, 2018
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It’s OK to Just Listen

Grief makes us uncomfortable. Being face to face with someone else’s intense sadness is really hard. In my life, people feel doubly awkward because…

Living
October 27, 2018
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How Balloons are Helping One Little Boy Cope With His Mom’s Cancer Diagnosis

Dana Dirkes’ life was rocked in July when she was very quickly and surprisingly diagnosed with Large B Cell Lymphoma after a routine doctor’s…

Cancer, Grief, Kids
October 21, 2018
5 Minute Read

When Daddy Isn’t Coming Home

For most children, the concept of death is introduced with the death of a pet, an elderly grandparent or perhaps a poor raccoon spotted on the side…

Cancer, Child, Child Loss, Health
September 23, 2018
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To the Young Warriors Fighting Cancer, You Are Superheroes

Most people never get to meet their heroes. I have, in fact—I have met many heroes. These heroes didn’t set out for…

Cancer, Health
September 21, 2018
5 Minute Read

How Having Cancer Changed My Life

My diagnosis with breast cancer came as such a shock that my imagination failed me. I could not look at my chest and see spindly-armed tumors…

Cancer
July 20, 2018
4 Minute Read

Cancer Can’t Take That

“Hi, I’m Martha!” A lady around my mom’s age with tightly curled blonde hair approached me at my boyfriend’s church softball game. “I’m…

Cancer, Child Loss, Grief
July 13, 2018
2 Minute Read

I Wish My House Was Messy

My house is always clean. The laundry gets done quickly. The dishes are rarely stacked up in the sink. My counters are hardly ever sticky and nothing…

Cancer, Inspiration
June 5, 2018
3 Minute Read

How This 10-Year-Old Is Helping Save Lives From Inside the Oval Office

The world of childhood cancer is one you aren’t familiar with, until you have to be. It’s a world where more than 40,000 children undergo…