Goodness of Being Together Makes Family Whole Again
There will always be pain for us, just under the surface of our hardened skin. But the goodness of us being together is healing.
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Family Made Healing Choice to Just Slow Down
Homemade slime has helped make whole again the Bratland family of Shoreview, MN, after 4-year-old Trip suffered devastating injuries in a car crash in April 2013, on the way to preschool. Jars of the ...
In Her Son’s Honor, Mom Finds the Good Within the Bad
Some days I don’t think I can help myself, never mind others. But it’s just something you have got to do. I just keep putting one foot in front of the other.
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Moms Feel Gratitude for Sons’ Survival
In addition to being moms of sons starting a new school year, Erica Bratland, Claire Schwab, Amy Beasley and Nicole Pierson, none of whom have met, have something else in common. Their hearts are full...
To Mark Baby Brighid’s 20th Birthday, a Visit to Birthplace of CaringBridge
JoAnn Hardegger, center, mom of Baby Brighid, for whom CaringBridge is named, visits the NICU at Children’s Minnesota, on what would have been her daughter’s 20th birthday. Nurse Kathy Ger...
Life After Stroke: 3 Ways to Keep Aphasia From Getting in the Way of Good Conversation
Three years after experiencing a shower emboli stroke, CaringBridge author Christine Richards of Wyoming said she still speaks with a “stroke accent.” Chris is living with aphasia, an effe...
Life After Stroke: Daughter Says Support Keeps Mom, and Family, Strong
A single event can change the course of your life and you may never see it coming. On April 4, 2014, just three days after her 56th birthday, my Mom suffered a stroke. By the end of that day, what sta...
Family Defines the New ‘Normal’ After Stroke
Three years after a shower emboli stroke left her in a non-responsive state for 10 days, followed by two months at three different hospitals, Christine Richards’ health journey continues. She sp...
After Losing Sister to Cancer, ‘Doing Good’ Opens Door to Healing
Fourteen years ago, at the tender age of 27, my sister, Amy, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a serious bone cancer. At first, she was reluctant to create a CaringBridge website to keep family and fri...
Family Makes Own Path After Childhood Cancer
Katie and Mike with their son, Will, a childhood cancer survivor After your child has had cancer, thinking about the bigger picture is hard. It puts you in a different state of mind. I have to keep my...