If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. -  Meister Eckhart Raising children takes true grit; the challenges are many.  But parenting a child with cancer?  That seems to defie the laws of nature. No baby should die in the dawn of life.  But they do.  Too often.  I thank God my children and family were spared this scourge.  At the Type-A Conference in September, I had the honor of meeting one of these warriors.  It is impossible not to be forever … [Read more...]

Many, many moons ago I interned as a physical therapy student at St. Mary's Children's Hospital in New York City.  Completely unprepared for my first professional "job", I walked into what I thought would be a routine learning experience.  I was instead changing the way I looked at life and my profession forever.  My team performed massage and passive exercise with a 1-year-old that presented with a 30 pound head due to hydrocephalus.  We splinted braced and ambulated with toddlers that had been born with cerebral palsy. … [Read more...]