PARENTING THROUGH CANCER // PINK HOPE
Parenting Through Cancer | Pink Hope | June 2023
“My medical appointments focused on my cancer. It seems obvious they should, but I wanted more. I was still a mum, I was still parenting. Just now I was doing this with cancer”.
Written by Rhea Felton, Published by Pink Hope
Some snippets from the article:
“The years I dedicated myself to learn how to be a mother were stripped out from under my feet. In a matter of a two-minute conversation, I was now a mother who was parenting through a serious life-threatening illness. It didn’t seem fair. The thought of co-navigating being a mum and my cancer treatment was terrifying. I was still trying to work out mum-life, how on earth was I now going to juggle this with surviving cancer?”
“After my diagnosis, I was eagerly seeking practical and simple child-focused resources that could help me have difficult conversations about my illness with my children. I was trying to translate medical-talk into child-talk and it was overwhelming. I kept thinking… wouldn’t it be helpful if there was something simple and practical I could use during discussions about my cancer with my children. This idea created Story Society. Story Society hopes to bring children’s experiences of having a loved one diagnosed with cancer to the forefront of family conversation, through simple, child focused, creative and play-based practical resources”.
Featured article published by Pink Hope: https://www.pinkhope.org.au/blog/parenting-through-cancer