Once Upon a Hopeful Night

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Foreword

Many years ago, when some people became mysteriously ill and died, there was no name for what was happening to them. Years later, the illness was identified as cancer. Though doctors knew what it was, they did not know how to cure it, and people continued to die. Ignorance and fear made people feel uncomfortable talking about cancer, while the patient felt isolated from family and friends. As science advanced, treatments were developed that successfully fought and sometimes cured cancer. Although we have advanced medically in the treatment of cancer, we have not advanced psychologically in our ability to talk about it.

Once Upon a Hopeful Night was created as a tool that parents can use to break the news to their children and open the lines of communication so that the specific situations of each family can be addressed. I want parents and children to know that with every day, there is hope for new treatments, hope for recovery, and hope for cure.