Feb 24, 2026 9:00:00 AM
Navigating Being Treated Differently
The journey through cancer can bring changes that go beyond medical care. Along the way, your child may notice shifts in how others interact with them. Friendships can feel different, routines may change, and social situations can become more complicated than...
Feb 10, 2026 9:00:04 AM
"How can I help?"
The question comes from everywhere—friends, family, neighbors, coworkers. And almost reflexively, you hear yourself say it: "We're fine, really. We've got it covered."
You say it even though you’re exhausted. Even when you can't remember the last time you slept through the night....
Jan 27, 2026 9:00:01 AM
You've just left a meeting with your child's oncology team. The scan showed something. The treatment isn't working as hoped. There's a new plan, a longer timeline, another protocol to try. And now you have to go tell your child.
Jan 9, 2026 9:00:01 AM
The strike of midnight. The confetti falls. The world buzzes with the excitement of fresh starts and ambitious resolutions, somehow transcending all their cares. It might feel like watching fireworks from far away in the dark of a hospital room.
You look over at your child, an anxious crease in...
Dec 16, 2025 9:00:00 AM
When your child is facing cancer treatment, the holidays bring an unexpected layer of complexity to age-old traditions.
That letter to Santa sitting on the kitchen counter might list "no more cancer" right alongside requests for LEGOs and video games. The elf on the shelf feels trivial when you're...
Dec 3, 2025 9:00:00 AM
When you’re immunocompromised, you may be tempted–and told–to just “stay home,” during the winter months. But for those with delicate immune systems, like kids with cancer, it’s not a viable (or wise) solution.
Kids need fresh air, social connection, and the simple joy of experiencing winter, even...
Nov 18, 2025 9:00:04 AM
Thanksgiving brings families together—and with them come questions. For children with cancer and their siblings, the dinner table can feel like an interview they didn't sign up for.
Well-meaning relatives ask about treatment, prognosis, and how everyone's "really doing," often forgetting that kids...
Nov 4, 2025 9:00:06 AM
The holiday season brings unique challenges for families facing childhood cancer. While the world sparkles with celebration, these families balance treatment schedules, hospital stays, and exhaustion—physical and emotional.
Whether you’re part of their extended family, friends, or just people in...
Oct 21, 2025 8:59:59 AM
Learning that a friend's child has cancer leaves most of us speechless. You want to help, to comfort, to say the perfect thing—but what is the perfect thing? Your heart aches for them, yet words feel inadequate, even if you say the “right” things.
You worry about saying something wrong, so...
Oct 7, 2025 8:59:59 AM
In the world of childhood cancer, victory doesn't always look like ringing the bell at the end of treatment. Sometimes it looks like keeping breakfast down after chemo. Sometimes it's walking to the playroom instead of using a wheelchair. Sometimes it's simply laughing at a silly joke on a hard day.
