The past several weeks my youngest brother has been in the hospital facing life threatening diagnoses and very scary medical treatments. The scariest thing he has had to face though is the dangers of being in a hospital. The number of errors and missteps is astounding. My brother has been very stoic and calm. His poor wife on the other hand is an exhausted frightened woman. His kids are terrified. I am 3,000 miles away and it has been very difficult to sit around waiting for

"Sometimes I could feel myself getting down about a month before special dates. Try to stay busy and focus on good memories. Just know that it is normal to experience down times for the first few years around the holidays, birthdays and anniversaries." This is tip #96 of my 100 lessons to help you and your loved ones deal with loss in my latest book, Six Word Lessons on Coping with Grief. I no longer feel that sensation of 'sliding down the rabbit hole' when approaching the

Aloha, My name is Shirley Enebrad. I am an author with a background in television production. Not by choice but by happenstance my name became synonymous with childhood cancer and dying children in my hometown of Seattle, Washington. As the mother of Cory, a little boy diagnosed with leukemia at age 3, and Brie, his younger sister, I searched for support groups or some way to help my kids feel less alone. tricycle At the time that support wasn’t available to us. This was rat