The Healing Path: Cancer Information and Community

When a close family member is diagnosed with cancer, it can be devastating. Your loved one will go through so much during his or her treatment—but the truth is, so will you. Keeping your strength and spirits up will be critical in the battle ahead, so if you’re one of the soldiers in this fight, here are a few tools to help along the way.

I’m a gifter.  Like a plan-all-year, wrap for days, ship coast-to-coast, proud gift-giver for holidays, birthdays and everything in between.  But when my friend was diagnosed with cancer, I drew a blank.  What do you give someone going through the worst days of their life?  Flowers?  Food?  All of it seemed not quite right.  What could I give that would be practical and useful but also thoughtful and sympathetic?  How was I going to put together the equivalent of a cancer care-package without any knowledge or experience with what she’s going through? How could I help?