Family Feels Power of Prayers Through CaringBridge
By the time Deacon Hammond of Bryan, TX, arrived into the world on Oct. 10, 2016, his CaringBridge site had been up for three months and visited thousands of times. Deacon’s mom, Brittany, launc...
‘A Miracle in Front of Us Every Day’
When her parents ask Olivia Hammond of Bryan, TX, to show what her little brother’s heart looks like, the adorable 4 year old makes the familiar shape with both hands. Then she takes half of it ...
‘I Am in Awe of This Community’
It was Lianne O’Donnell’s mom who first mentioned CaringBridge to Lianne and her husband, Doug, after their infant son, Davis, was diagnosed with eye cancer in April 2017. Catherine Schomaker had ...
Family, Friends Help Carry ‘Burdens of Life’
When Davis O’Donnell of Fulshear, TX, was diagnosed at 4 months with retinoblastoma, cancer in both eyes, his parents, Lianne and Doug, questioned the expression, “God won’t give you more th...
How We Survived Our Son’s Suicide Attempt
During Kevin Amundson’s long recovery after a suicide attempt, his parents, Dave and Amy, and his sister, Jessica, found strength and peace in prayer. In September 2014, undiagnosed depression l...
‘So Many Blessings Have Come Through CaringBridge’
You have provided a way for our family, friends and community to be superhero strong for our 6-year-old son, Jaxson, through years of cancer surgeries, chemo, radiation, immunotherapy and blood and pl...
Faith Carries Family Through Son’s Cancer Journey
Over four years, 6-year-old Jaxson Martinez of Uvalde, TX, endured three cancer surgeries, seven rounds of chemo, 18 radiation and immunotherapy treatments, and 40 blood and platelet transfusions. But...
Lessons in Living While Dying
Bruce Kramer and his friend, Cathy Wurzer, also his writing and broadcast partner, record a conversation about living with ALS. Their collaboration has evolved into the End in Mind project. (Photos co...
You Have Created a Safe Place to Share, and to Heal
At a 2017 event featuring the work of the How We Heal project, CaringBridge author and brain cancer patient Michael Bischoff, and his wife, Jenny Larson, re-create a moment captured by National Geogra...
Over Long Health Journey, CaringBridge Becomes Family’s Blog
In January 2008, during a 26-week prenatal check, my husband, Toby, and I learned that the right femur of our future daughter appeared to be half the length of her left femur. Though we didn’t have ...