Even Gloomy Hospital Rooms Get Sunlight
Macen Kroll
Grief
Browse our previous Cancer Unwrapped writing contest winners
A Word I Got To Know
Macen Kroll
My Journey
Macen Kroll
Losing my Father
Brenna Larkin
we planned our future, but then the present came crashing down
How do you break the news to a nine-year-old that her little brother is dying?
I am Victor's sister.
I grew up in ...
Truth and Triumph
A loss is something that everyone has to deal with at one point in time. For most, it's during their adulthood ...
Strongest Parents
Life in the Fisher household was just like any other family. My mom Liz was a stay home mom, and my dad Bill ...
Cancer Can't Take It All
At that time in my life, I had never seen such courage through heartbreak. Not once had I witnessed someone ...
Losing My Mother to Pancreatic Cancer
When I was four, my parents sat me down and had a conversation with me. A conversation that at the time didn't ...
No One Fights Alone
About a year and a half ago, my oldest brother, Taylor, the healthiest guy I've ever seen in my entire life, was ...
It Is What It Is
It is what it is.
A short, five word adage that simply means live life in the moment, accept the hand you've been ...
My Superhero
I always thought of my dad as this invincible superhero who could defeat anything in his path, and protect me from ...
For My Dad
Searching through the foil covered casseroles that infested my fridge, a yearning for a freshly cooked meal ...
Life, Death, and Probability; Lessons Learned from a Mother with Cancer
The world we live in is undeniably deadly; if one crunches the numbers, one discovers how everything in our daily ...
What Cancer taught me
It's hard for me to know where to start with my experience with cancer. I thought I could go on for pages but when ...