During Ryan’s main treatment for the first 10 years, we had three dogs; Wally, Lucky, and Lucy (not all at the same time, though). Wally first, then we added Lucky, and when Wally passed on, we adopted Lucy. And no, our dogs couldn't cure cancer. But they had other duties to keep all of us smiling when we were around. You know doggone (pun intended) well that they couldn't raise Ryan's blood counts, make a transfusion go faster, take away the side effects of chemotherapy, or

Over the past five years in September, and sixteen days into this one, I’ve posted something every day for Childhood Cancer Awareness 2026. Maybe that feels relentless. It’s supposed to. Because childhood cancer is relentless. The protocols are long and arduous, and there may be other kids in the picture to take care of, too; AKA other children/siblings. When a child is in treatment, cancer doesn’t take a day off. There are no weekends away from the worry. No vacation from bl

What a profound day in the Childhood Cancer Awareness realm. As usual, we left early and encountered the usual snail-paced DC traffic...

Speaker, writer, collector of stories. Always curious. Occasionally hilarious, Heat Dzizcek is the CEO at Cancer Conversation SOS - and...

For a businessman like Eric Cole, going to camp, that is, Special Love's Camp Fantastic, was just one of hundreds of ways this kind...

We are on location in Crofton, Maryland, on the Crofton Parkway, where Bill and I typically walk 4 miles a day when we can. We've been...

My video below explains how childhood cancer awareness is now represented by wearing a gold ribbon, a tradition that began in 1997. The...

When I began writing The Focused Fight: A Childhood Cancer Memoir, from Mayhem to Miracles , in earnest during the pandemic, my goal was...

My friend, Heat (also known as Heather) Dziczek, is on fire with her CancerCards . I think her work on what not to say to people with...

I had the pleasure of having a meaningful conversation this morning with SL Program Chair, Angela Ashman. She is a sibling of a cancer...

We are ending the first week of Celebrating Childhood Cancer Awareness Month with Stats that Matter. Here are the stats I discussed in...

There is a lot of repurposing going on in various forms of writing, including videos, books, magazine articles, and the entire spectrum...

Olivia Tomoff was a four-year-old little girl when her brother Ryan was diagnosed with Leukemia. She has been the unsung heroine in our...

Elena Jeannotte, Executive Director of Special Love, Inc ., since December 2024, shares the impact she has witnessed with the kids and...

Cancer Survivor, Writer, Musician, Teacher, and more, Heat Dziczek shares the first of five of her cancer cards - 'It's Okay Not to Be...