by Morgan Isabella Shaw | Sep 19, 2018 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Self Help, Uncategorized
When you are chronically ill, searching for a job can feel impossible. Among other issues, it can be hard to know if and when to disclose your disability. I know. My name is Morgan and I suffer from multiple chronic illnesses. Though I’m back in school now,...
by Sheri Brisson | Aug 22, 2018 | Digging Deep Project, Uncategorized
It’s that time a year again, when over 70,000 “Burners” from across the U.S. and from over 30 countries descend on the Black Rock Desert in Nevada for a transformative, life-changing week: Burning Man. I’ve heard from those who have been that Burning Man simply...
by Nicole Gustafson | Jun 13, 2018 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Uncategorized
Not too long ago a friend asked me if I felt as if I had “gotten back to my old self after being sick.” It took me a moment to respond to this loaded question, because I didn’t feel like I could relate to it. I was not upset from the question by any means, because it...
by Garth Sundem | Jun 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
A few weeks, I brought my son Leif with me to the 2018 Child Life Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Just before his second birthday, Leif had brain surgery to ease the symptoms of Chiari malformation. Now he is 12 years old and is excelling in many ways,...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | May 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
It was the best of the times. It was the most challenging of times. It was the age of togetherness. It was the age when we wanted to escape alone to an experimental colony on Mars with a bad book and a good bottle of wine. Yes, it was summer. Actually, it IS summer....
by Sheri Brisson | May 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
As a parent, friend, or supportive professional in a child’s life, we may want to be that safe harbor in the storm, that refuge when the going gets rough. But what kind of help really helps? Consider for a moment how quickly we may focus on things we can do while...
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