When a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, taking care of that person can fall on your shoulders whether you choose it or not. Whether you have time or not. Whether you are young or old. Whether you are related … Continue reading →
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Cancer Caregivers: A Child Perspective Part 2

As children, it is the adults in our lives who have taken care of us: Bandaged cuts, kissed bruises, and soothed aching hearts. Provided for our basic needs: clothing, food, and shelter. Worried endlessly about our health, our happiness, and … Continue reading →
Read MoreCancer Caregivers: A Child Perspective Part 1

Stress. Anxiety. Fear. Grief. So may emotions and feelings wrapped up in a cancer diagnosis, especially when it is your parent (or loved one) that has cancer. It doesn’t matter how old you are—when your mom, dad, grandparent, etc. receives … Continue reading →
Read MoreCancer Caregivers: The Parent Perspective Part 2

“To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world.” – Dr. Seuss And when that world—the child you have nurtured, molded and raised into adulthood—experiences an earthquake-size impact of a cancer diagnosis, … Continue reading →
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