Kids, TV, Cancer

Kids, TV, Cancer

Happy New Year- New and Exciting Possibilities for 2012

May God Bless each and everyone of you with health and happiness in 2012. May He give you wisdom and guidance in your situation and may He give you peace.

Clinical trials in Chicago for Children with Sarcoma

Children get cancer and it sucks. Here is a quick video from the University of Chicago explaining the need for more money for research for cancer in children.



Visit this youtube video for the newest research at University of Chicago for Sarcoma in children.



http://youtu.be/pAhEjHIuJxU

New Ideas, New Prayers, New Book Cover, New Focus.......

Many of you know that I am a Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse as well as a writer. The focus here has been on children with a serious illness but in 2012 I will be expanding the focus to include pregnancy/fetal growth and development information as well as more up to date information on childhood illness.

I will be having give aways for books like What to Expect When You're Expecting and other children's books on death, illness, first aid, wellness, and literacy. I am pumping up my writing career and expanding my goals so that I can use my expertise as both a nurse and a writer to make a difference.

Keep checking back for the give aways and product reviews. Soon there will be a free e-book for signing up for my email list. I am working on that as another way I can help parents who are dealing with kids who may be sick. Whether the illness is acute or chronic, parents ultimately have questions or ideas. I hope to be able to encourage and support parents and children in many aspects of sickness and in health.

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It is going to be a different kind of New Year in 2012. New focus, New prayers, New book, and hopefully making many new friends as readers.

Merry Christmas Friends

Merry Christmas my friends, May God Bless you this season.

New Ideas, New Prayers, New Book Cover, New Focus.......

The holidays bring happiness but they can be bittersweet for those parents dealing with a child who has cancer. My picture book will be out in the spring and I hope it helps both children with cancer as well as their peers to understand the disease and the daily battle these children face.

While my new book shows a positive outlook for children with cancer, keep in mind that many children and their families are not having such a positive experience. This experience and battle seems more devastating during the holiday season. I have an ongoing prayer list for children I follow on my Caringbridge sites who are very sick this season. Some of these children will win their battle, some maybe not. All of these children need prayer. Please consider praying for  Haley, Noah, Ben, Emily, and Kate sometime during your holiday celebration. And look for many new things here in 2012 to celebrate children with cancer. These are very special children who show bravery, honesty, and unconditional love as they fight their own battles against cancer. May God bless them all.

November is NaNoWriMo and PiBoldMo- What are you writing today?

This is picture book idea month and I am participating in it. The point is to come up with an idea everyday for a picture book for kids that can later be developed into a story or book.

My goal is to have at least half of the ideas I come up with to have a health related theme. Why? Because kids need more books, fiction and nonfiction, that entertain while educating. And children need to be educated on many health related themes, not by nagging parents or by government restrictions but by stories about other children ( characters) that they learn to care about and to love.

A character who has leukemia as in my soon to be released picture book, The ABC's According to Lilly Isabella Lane, shows the reader what it means to go through treatment for cancer and survive.

A character who loves basketball but who suffers with Sickle Cell Anemia will show the reader what dreams are made of and what it means to be courageous as in the next book in the ABC's series I am writing.

A character who is dealing with the parent's divorce, a sibling on drugs, obesity, bullying, or diabetes will show the reader real life truths about these issues while entertaining and educating. Books with serious themes will encourage even young readers to make changes or take actions in real life.

So look here for more information on health related issues important to kids as I research and find the newest tidbits to share with parents and kids as I go on to write some really good books.

If you have ideas for topics that need more coverage in the form of stories for children or teens, please feel free to comment or email me your ideas. I look forward to hearing what matters to you.

Email: terri.forehand@gmail.com

Blog for writers: http://terri-forehand.blogspot.com/

Blog for those with cancer: http://thecancerprayerbook.blogspot.com/