Category: For Parents and Family

Let Others Help: With Love From One Mom to Another

Young people who are diagnosed with a life threatening illness are set off on a journey that is different from adult experience. For a young person, peers are the most important citizens of their world, and a painful consequence of illness can be isolation from these friends, a loss which is among the harshest to bear. They are not forgotten, but the relationships with friends become strained and many will fall silent, feeling a loss of words or afraid to say the wrong thing. We hope these letters speak to you, strengthen family ties, and give insight into what other patients have gone through.

Category: For Parents and Family

Let Others Help: With Love From One Mom to Another

Letter From my Father

Don’t be a Robot

A Father’s Response

Lessons from my Father