Wondering about you... thinking about you.... haven't seen you back.... I won't ask 'how are you' because I know how I feel when most people ask me that question... except when that 'someone' has a CLUE what I'm going through... I still miss my sweet Brandon with every trace of my being... its been 23 months and this month is his birthday month.... we didn't get to spend the last birthday he had on this earth because we were snowed in at my oldest son's house in New England, and didn't get home until the next day... I will always agonize over that.... please know my heart goes out to you... our Brandon had to struggle hard to live and we almost lost him at least once before he slipped away from us when we weren't expecting it...

we miss him horribly

Jacki... your son is just glowing...He has the sweetest face... its so amazing to me how sweet and dear these little ones are that have to go through all this pain and suffering.. like my Brandon who to so many people was just a disabled boy... but to those of us who KNEW him was a GIANT of a HERO with SUCH GREAT COURAGE and ALWAYS a SMILE .... like little pieces of God Himself here on earth with us... for TOO SHORT A TIME....

Dear Jacki

 I am so very sorry for the loss of your son and for all he had to endure through his battle with cancer. As a cancer survivor  who went through 1 year of chemo and radiation I have some understanding of what he went through, as well as  what you and your family suffered. I lost my 17 year old and child  Dec 1, 2012 in a car accident. He was also in the hospital a lot with Crohn's disease. Often, he would be on the oncology floor because of space issues. The children are so brave and your son is just beautiful in the picture. I know you are devastated and I hope you can find support and understanding here. We all know the crushing grief of losing our children.

Jacki,

FIrst off, ignore Frank.  You probably already know there are people who will take advantage of others in a perilous situation.  He is one.  

More importantly I want to say how sorry I am that you have lost your little one to cancer.  I lost my husband to stage 4 Jan 21st 2013 and we didn't even know he had it before Dec 26th 2012. They never did establish the primary cause of it since they found tumors and masses on most major organs and in his colon.  What I cannot wrap my head around is how it is certain people are susceptible to the disease.  How does someone so young have the propensity to a brain cancer?  What is going on in our biology that this is possible?  

I saw this report on 60 Minutes a couple weeks ago and I can only hope this is something technology and determination will find a way to understand how we can manage the unknowns a bit better.  Maybe it will give us some solace in understanding the whys.  Thought i would share it with you.

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