It was a Sunday morning last May when Olivia woke up with a low grade fever and an unusual rash on her chest and neck. Though her parents...

“It may be true that people say, ‘I didn’t ask to be born.’ But I think we did- and that’s why we’re here.” ~Toni Morrison She...

“Are you (****ing) kidding me?” This was Lisa’s exact question to their beloved oncologist, Dr. Austin, when meeting with her to discuss...

He reached into a large ziploc bag stuffed with candy, and handed me an opened bag of Dove chocolate hearts. I’m never one to turn down...

As we sat and talked, she tapped her leg with a piece of metal “treasure” she had found while they were at the park. The tiny metallic...

(1/5) We were there for another blood transfusion. That’s when Dr. Weidl asked to talk to me alone in the next room. She fumbled around...

(1/4) My first undergrad degree was in psychology. I worked for a couple of years as the manager of a barbecue restaurant, then for an...

(1/6) I was talking with a friend one day who asked me if there were any more children in our future. I told her that we had decided we...

(1/4) When she was first diagnosed, she had a 75% cure rate. But when the cancer came back, it went right to her lungs. At that point,...