My sister-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer in January.  She has two young children (3 and 5) and lives in Edmonton.  I live in Toronto. If she lived closer I would cook and clean for her, take care of her children, take her to drs appointments and do whatever was helpful for her.  I felt awful being too far away to do any of those things. I looked on-line for ideas on what I could do, but did not come up with a lot of answers.  I decided to create a website that her friends and family could use to help her. She has been overwhelmingly appreciative of it! People have been sending her cleaning help, gift cards for her acupuncture appointments, fruit baskets, etc.  She has felt an outpouring of love and assistance. She said that she originally felt so awful when people would ask how they could help, because she did not have the energy to think about what she needed or to organize everyone who offered. Now she finds it so easy to just refer them to my website. 

 

Ami appreciated my website so much that I am telling everyone and anyone about it, hoping that it can help as many people with cancer get the support that they need from their friends and family. 

I hope that my website can help you as much as it helped Ami. 
www.UpliftToday.org.

Thanks, Joy