When Cancer Meets Christmas: Navigating the Holidays When a Loved One is Sick

MARISSA HENLEY|GUEST I met my sister-in-law for the first time while receiving a blood transfusion on Christmas Eve. My brother brought her home for Christmas while she was still his girlfriend and I was two months into a battle with a rare cancer called angiosarcoma. They came to the hospital as soon as they arrived… Read More

May282018Apr 25 2018

3 Ways to Encourage a Friend with Cancer

by Christina Fox, in category Relationships

MARISSA HENLEY|GUEST Seven years ago, my friends taught me by their extravagant example how to be a friend to someone with cancer. I was standing alone in my bedroom when I received the biopsy results, but I wasn’t alone for long. Within hours, one friend sat folding laundry and another made dinner in my kitchen,… Read More