13 Ways to Support a Loved One with COVID-19
In challenging times, community can be an incredible source of strength. A little extra love and support can go a long way right now. We asked our staff and community for way...
9 Ways to Support Cancer Patients (Backed by Research)
Have you ever struggled to offer help to a patient or family caregiver? It can be just as hard to know what is needed as it is for them to ask for help. CaringBridge partnered with a team of technolog...
Wife Uses Power of Journaling to Cope After Husband’s Dementia Diagnosis
Throughout every step of living with her husband’s diagnosis of dementia, Rosalie kept writing in her journals. She credits her therapist for acknowledging that her feelings were real, and that she ...
An Invitation to Family and Friends: Share Hope and Support
Years ago, my friends Janell and Scott faced a shattering loss when their son, pedaling home from school, was struck and killed by a drunk driver. As a friend who wanted to help, this devastating even...
The Protection You Want, With the Privacy You Choose
CaringBridge strives to provide a safe, secure place for families on health journeys to share updates and receive support from loved ones. Because we ensure that websites are protected and private, pa...
6 Good Alternatives to ‘How Can I Help?’
Hanna Cooper and her husband, Tom Moberg, of St. Paul, MN, with their kids, Emilia and William. When I was unexpectedly diagnosed with stage 3 pancreatic cancer in 2016 at age 48, my family, friends a...
Writing: A Process of Healing
The Sobiech Family of Minnesota in 2011, in the midst of Zach’s treatment for osteosarcoma. Meet more CaringBridge families who shared their stories in the How We Heal series. It was eleven o’...
3 Ways Family and Friends Can Support CaringBridge Authors
After her son was seriously injured in a car accident on the way to preschool, a CaringBridge mom spent 10 nightmare days and sleepless nights in her toddler’s hospital room. No one was sure the boy...
Exercise After Cancer Diagnosis Can Offer Physical, Mental Benefits
It used to be that rest was favored over exercise during and after cancer treatment. But research continues to support the “prescription” to get moving. Cathy Skinner is a cancer exercise ...
Letting People Into Your Health Journey
When I was first diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, shame consumed me. Guilt, too. I am not sure I could have named these emotions at the time, but they were there anyway, and they lingered for years....