Jess's Journal

October 19th. This is the day when I looked out the window from the 7th floor of Children’s Hospital Colorado oncology unit in Denver and particularly noticed how the orange, red, and yellow leaves...

Peyton's singing let the light in during the heaviness of childhood cancer. It helped us hold on, heal, remain uplifted, and helped others understand a positive way to deal with hardships.

The Flight of Senbazuru One day, 1,000 paper cranes, trailing gold dust, flew to Peytonand lifted him up so high that he could see into the future.He could see babies, children, their parents and...

It Was Just the Beginning The first week of Peyton’s cancer diagnosis was like being catapulted into a tornado. So much happened in mere days — a sudden flight in the middle of the night to Denver...

The ending of Peyton’s treatment and his stepping back into life without the constant focus on treating cancer was something that I longed to journal about. I remember wondering What would I write...

Kids Say the Darndest Things By the time Peyton was in his preschool years, I had a journal half-filled with the silly and the wise things he would say. He was so vocal and expressive a...