What Actually Helps When your child is fighting cancer, people want to help. They show up with gifts, and almost always, the intention is beautiful. But not every gift lands the way it's meant to. Some sit unused in a closet. Some go bad before anyone has the energy to enjoy them. And some, without anyone meaning any harm, miss the moment entirely. I learned a lot about gifts during Pipe's five years of treatment — what helped, what didn't, and why. I hope this helps you choose something that...
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15 Practical Ways We Learned From Our Own Fight My son Pipe fought brain cancer for five years. He was diagnosed when he was two, and he passed away in 2020, when he was seven. Those five years were the hardest of my life. They were also, somehow, five of the most beautiful. The reason for that isn’t complicated. We were never alone. No matter what moment of that fight I go back to — a diagnosis, a relapse, a surgery, a birthday, the last day — there is always...
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