It’s Me & Ethan

Raising Ethan

What is it like raising a child with a terminal illness? I’ve often been asked that age-old question “How do[…]

What is a hospice? Is it a place where sadness hides in every corner? Is it a place that no[…]

I watch him sleep. I watch his little body jerk. I watch his arms and legs flail around before[…]

What makes a parent? They are the comforters. They are the sleep deprived. They are the first educators. They are[…]

It couldn’t have come at a better time. He had been struggling . This was a new struggle for[…]

It’s that time of year again where we get to take some time out of routine. Gone are the rushed[…]

”You are now in a secret world. You’ll see things you never imagined; ignorance, rudeness and discrimination, but you’ll also[…]

We were halfway to Dublin. We were focused on what tests were to be carried out and which tests would[…]

“Of course you should do it” my mammy had said . My husband too had given me his blessing. I[…]

He is not like other 16 year olds and for a long time that hurt me. From time to time[…]