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The Hardest Conversation

Lisa Bonchek Adams | Posted 04.07.2013 | Healthy Living
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Lisa Bonchek Adams

The conversation with my daughter was the hardest one I've had. The topics were gut-wrenching. But shining the light on them, on this disease, on what happens next, is the only way I know to cope, to help, to keep going.

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Telling Your Children About Cancer

Dan Duffy | Posted 04.01.2013 | Healthy Living
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Dan Duffy

A golden rule that we learned in kindergarten is still a golden rule: Honesty is the best policy. Both of my boys, ages 6 and 4, know that I had cancer, and they know that I have to get checked every year to make sure that it doesn't come back.

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