PARENTS WITH CANCER: “Anger Hurts.”
I do experience a lot of mother’s guilt about missing out on so much of his life. He said to me, “Mum, you have been sick for all my life,” and 2.5 years is almost all his conscious life!
Why Protecting Your Kids from Your Cancer Can Hurt Them
We parents want to shield our children from the worst of our cancer, but in the process, we can rob them of their emotional rights to process and grieve in their own way.
Be Awkward: Teach Your Sons to Check for Testicular Cancer
So please have that awkward conversation about your son’s testicles. You could save his life.
Happy Cancerversary! Today, I am 5.
Now five years in remission, I am pretty darn sure I will be here to see my kids grow up.
Parenting with Cancer Improved My Relationship with My Daughter
When both parents get cancer, a teenager steps up to help out, pulling the family closer.
Parenthood: Why Lying to Your Kids about Cancer Helps No One
When one person in a family has cancer, it’s like the whole family has cancer, and you have to let everyone deal with it however they need to.
CHEMO SABE: “A little bit of fighter, a little bit of coward.”
I just wanted my cancer to be as un-bad as possible.
The Dirty Little Secret of Moms with Cancer
If you don’t do all that crazy-busy stuff — even because you don’t have the energy or the white blood cells to lift yourself off the couch — it makes you feel like a bad mom
GUEST POST: Cancer’s Energy Calculus
I have anywhere from 8 to 12 good hours a day, and in that, I must attend to my health, my family, my job, and hopefully, some of my important relationships.
PARENTS WITH CANCER: “Push Yourself to Get Up”
I did not tell my daughter because she was too young to understand. She just thought I had a funny/bad haircut.
