I don't even know where to begin. The other day as I stood looking down at Sammy, so small sitting in his big hospital bed I felt my fac...

I need a set of pompoms. Don't take that literally, please. But I seriously felt like a cheerleader today. Sam needs a lot of cajol...

As I put Sam to bed on Friday night, I sang Debbie's Mi Sheberach , a prayer for healing.* The conversation afterward went somethin...

Shabbat in the hospital doesn't feel like....Shabbat. There are still people coming in and out with medicines and tests. There is stil...

I didn't really realize that Sam doesn't like mint flavor. I guess I know he doesn't really chew gum, which is a big 5 year old ...

On Friday night, our dear friend, Rabbi Anne Persin, gave this D'var Torah. I love how she wove our little person into those two brave ...

Being a kid in the hospital is no fun. Today is Day 2 of chemotherapy, and every so often a lovely, friendly, cheerful nurse comes in to han...