As our outdoor umbrella got whisked away from its back porch umbrella stand to our rooftop, pole facing up to the sky, and broken now, that's what Childhood Cancer felt like in the fall of 1996 for our family. However, we never let it stop us from moving forward every single day. Photo journaling was a way for me to cope with all the chaos swirling around sweet two-year-old Ryan once he was diagnosed and "firmly" planted at Georgetown University Hospital for weeks and months.

September has been designated as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month since 2012. It was officially created and federally proclaimed by President Barack Obama. Even though Childhood Cancer doesn't get much federal funding for research and more, the foundations, hospitals, doctors, and nurses who care about these kids and their families make it work as best they can. As my video mentions, this is my sixth year in creating awareness of CCAM. When my son, Ryan, my hero, a 5X surviv

It's always a profound morning for my husband, Bill, and me when we're invited by Dr. Aziza Shad to share our story at Grand Rounds at...

From the floor of the gala, a quick interview with Dave Smith, who we all adore as the fun-loving program chair, to keep everyone...

Heat Dziczek's cancer.cards are genius in learning how to say you care, or ask hard questions to cancer patients and their family...

When Sue Inches and I were in a 4-hour block of writing a couple of weeks back, she asked me what I was working on, and vice versa. We...

Oh, what a week in speaking, socializing, and volunteering for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Today, the family kept our promise of...

It really is something when people take an interest in your family, especially during a bonafide crisis. Linda Misencik, now living in...

I hope to do some short interviews at tonight’s SL gala at the Hilton Tyson’s Corner venue. I’m not sure if I will be able to post the...

Siblings are often your first friends, and perhaps, if things go awry in our lives, they become our supporters to help us through...

When you meet up with a kindred spirit, whether online, via Zoom, or in person, sparks of connection fly. That's what happened to me and...

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

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...

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...