by Joanna Jaeger | Sep 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Turning 18 is fraught with all sorts of challenges and issues, even for families of “typical” young adults. If you have a young adult with special needs, chronic illness, or disability, the transition to adulthood is often MUCH more complicated. Our kids need to know...
by Sheri Brisson | Sep 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Kat is far from your typical 16-year-old girl. She is a “cancer sib” grappling with her 12-year-old brother’s third recurrence of cancer. Kat is the protagonist in Dessert First, a realistic fiction debut novel by Dean Gloster. Dessert First is a must read for young...
by Sheri Brisson | Sep 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
“What doesn’t kill you will only make you stronger.” You’d think being a nearly 30-year cancer survivor, that I’d love this adage. But I don’t. Why not? Because it doesn’t offer any advice about how I get from here—to there. It doesn’t offer me any wisdom as to...
by Sheri Brisson | Sep 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
David is 19 years old and like many teens, enjoys playing basketball and video games, and loves hanging out with his Chihuahua, Frankie. But David’s path has not always been carefree and easy. At 17, David hadn’t been feeling hungry for a while. When he went in for a...
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