Choose Hope Over Fear
03.24.15
Living with a life-threatening disease is not what you might think. It is worse, in some ways – but surprisingly better in others. I always imagined being very old before experiencing this myself. N...
Brain Cancer
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You Deliver Hope and Healing
03.16.15
You may not know me, but I have felt your kindness and generosity during my family’s darkest time. My name is Nicole Pierson and I’m a mother of three, a wife, a teacher and a CaringBridge...
A Christmas Letter of Hope
12.22.14
As the mom of a child who has been fighting a brain tumor for two and a half years, the holidays haven’t always been easy for Nicole Pierson, her husband and her three young children. Below she has ...
CaringBridge Lessens the Load
09.11.14
For Eddie and Mary Grampp, life is full of “good distractions” with three active kids all under the age of 5 including one starting kindergarten this fall. Eddie, diagnosed with an inoperable brai...
Back to School after Surviving Cancer: One Boy’s Story
08.14.14
Summer is soon over and the anticipation of the upcoming school year is here. It’s time for children to say goodbye to bonfires and swimming and hello to schedules, desks and books. It is a time for...
How do you treat your child like a “normal” kid after treatment for a serious illness?
02.05.13
Is “normal” just a setting on the washing machine? Is it possible to treat a child who has undergone cancer treatment as a normal kid? My immediate reaction is absolutely not! Even after completin...