Kerry Jones Waring Freelance Writing

Via: https://www.roswellpark.org/cancertalk/201309/formerly-homeless-cancer-survivor-returns-work-clinic-saved-her-life Cancer devastates lives, and that devastation isn’t limited to physical health. Many cancer patients find their disease has an impact on their finances, personal relationships and even careers. But when Angela Gabrielli faced the greatest challenges of her life during cancer treatment, she found herself on the path to new hope at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. View full post.

First published here: https://herviewfromhome.com/i-waited-so-long-to-hear-him-say-mama/ When you have your first child, check-ups with the pediatrician sometimes feel like a quarterly review of your parenting job performance. Are you doing it right? Is he gaining weight? Crawling? Cruising? (I still don’t know what cruising is.) Even when delivered kindly, these questions can cast a spotlight on your deepest-felt inadequacies and shortcomings. But it wasn’t until my son’s check-up at 15 months that I felt truly stumped. “How many words does he have?” the nurse practitioner asked during the exam. “What? Oh . . . I’m not sure.” I said. I hadn’t counted them. He had so few. How many was he supposed to have? I thought, frantically trying to remember what the parenting blogs and books had said. The nurse practitioner, sensing my panic, asked helpfully, “Does he say mama and dada?” “I guess?” But, as I searched my mind for evidence, I realized he didn’t. He pointed. He made eye contact...