by Louise Dillon Bennett | Sep 6, 2022 | Childhood Cancer
We were the kind of family that fast forwarded through the sad stories. In 2019, we watched Celebrity Hunted on Channel4 for Stand Up To Cancer, and would reach for the remote as soon as the ad break started “Who watches these?” we would all shout, and text a...
by Louise Dillon Bennett | Sep 6, 2022 | Childhood Cancer
A friend got in touch recently. She had a friend whose child had been diagnosed with cancer, and was hospital. She desperately wanted to help, genuinely help. She asked me what she should do, what had I found helpful when I was in that position. I...
by Louise Dillon Bennett | Sep 6, 2022 | Childhood Cancer
It has been one year and two months since Fred died, and it is my second #NationalBereavedParentsDay. That seems an extraordinary thing to write, but there it is. In that time, I have relied on the strength and grace of those that were bereaved...
by Encode | Aug 29, 2021 | Childhood Cancer
As a mother, I maintained a high level of alert for my children, ever watchful for signs of impending disaster. With Fred there was an extra level of peril because, like a velociraptor, he was always testing the fences looking for weak points. Like that...
