A Whole New Life
The moment they told me I had cancer, I knew my life was about to change. I was twelve years old and in the ...
Living with Cancer
Browse our previous Cancer Unwrapped writing contest winners
You Must Be This Tall to Ride
My life is a rollercoaster. I'm just sitting in the cart for this rickety old ride blindfolded, never knowing when ...
True Beauty is Strength
For most people my age they have not come face to face with death. Whether it be directly or indirectly, they have ...
Taylor, You Have Cancer
"Taylor, you have cancer."
Hearing these words as a 12-year old girl quickly began a process of change that would ...
Pioneer
Statistics show that everyday 43 kids are diagnosed with childhood cancer, on September 9, 2009 I was one of those ...
A blessing in disguise
It seemed as if I had been laying on the top of Mt. Everest to bathing in the lava of a scorching volcano. I felt ...
The Turning Point
I was one of the lucky ones: a suburban white girl with upper-middle class parents who have supported my every ...
The Nuances
Walking past a girl wearing artificial berry lotion, a shudder involuntary passes through me. The scent drags me ...
Swimming Through Cancer
It's Sunday afternoon. I'm one of the top eight swimmers in the 200 yard backstroke in the finals at the regional ...
My Not-So-Normal Teenage Life
I always wanted to be different. I always wanted to be that kid that had something that made them stand out from ...
Red Head
There were three weeks of buildup, to this moment. Fondly I brushed my orange, red hair, a tear slowly made its ...
Mom, I See Two of You
Life was good. I was your average 8 year old boy looking forward to summer so I could ride my bike and hang out ...
Strangely Beautiful
A few years ago I would have thought my greatest achievement would be surviving cancer. Now I see that yet another ...
Untitled
I’m Jake Sears. I’m 18 years old and I have practically lived at Seattle Childrens Hospital my whole life. It all ...
Survivor
March 3, 1996, a day that my family will never forget. That is the day that my family heard the words “your ...
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