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How to Juggle Cancer and Parenting Series: Ari’s Story

How to Juggle Cancer and Parenting

Judy Schwartz HaleyTagged adoption, Bilateral Mastectomy, breast cancer, breast cancer under 40, divorce, financial issues, Help and hope for those battling cancer while raising kids, Kids age 3-4, NED, parenting with cancer, Stage 3 at Diagnosis, survivor stories, survivors raising kids, Triple Negative

Be as honest as you can with your children. They will know something is wrong. If you talk to them they will be less fearful. I think the unknown is more frightening than the truth.

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A Year Ago

Cancer

Judy Schwartz HaleyTagged parenting with cancer, Poetry, really bad poetry, survivors raising kids

A year ago I was blissfully ignorant A year ago my baby was still a baby, and I was just a new mom trying to do it all A year ago I was clueless that something was trying to kill me A year ago I was a little frustrated with the pain of breast feeding […]

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One Word: Hope

Cancer

Judy Schwartz HaleyTagged cancer, hope, not just surviving but thriving, parenting with cancer, reverb10, survivors raising kids, What Really Matters

Encapsulate the year 2010 in one word. Explain why you’re choosing that word. Now, imagine it’s one year from today, what would you like the word to be that captures 2011 for you? (Reverb 10 – Day 1 / Prompt Author: Gwen Bell) I didn’t have to think very long or very hard to assign […]