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How do you stay strong when the world is falling apart around you?
How do you fight for your child while navigating a system determined to block your every move?
This is the story of our unrelenting battle...not just against leukemia, but against the very institutions that were supposed to support us.
When our son, Blain, was diagnosed with leukemia, we were prepared to give everything. What we didn't expect was a school board that denied the use of my own sick leave to care for him... because leukemia, unlike the measles, wasn't contagious.
In the midst of doctors, hospital rooms, and impossible decisions, we faced another kind of war: red tape, bureaucracy, and a heartbreaking lack of compassion. Through it all, one question burned in my mind: How are we supposed to endure the battles around us while trying to be everything our children need?
A deeply personal, raw, and powerful memoir of love, advocacy, and the cost of standing up when the system says sit down!
Through it all, Blain never quit in life...life quit in him.
Gain hope from Blain's story, our strong warrior child.
Diane Graff Cooney is the author of the recent book, BLAIN, Our Warrior Child, a story about her journey losing her only son to leukemia. The book is released on Amazon.
Diane was a lifeguard for eight years, enabling her to earn her way through college. Married to a Wildlife Conservation Officer who often brought wild animals, injured or orphaned, home to the family. Diane is familiar with living among lion and bear cubs, and she writes humorous stories about them.
She writes short stories and poems. She had a story published in an Outdoor version of Chicken Soup for the Soul. A story titled Top of the World, also released in another edition under a different book title. She is a contributor to the Pagosa SUN, a weekly newspaper.
A member of the Wolf Creek Christian Writer’s Network, her poem, entitled LOVE, and a story, titled God’s Nighttime Rainbow are part of the WCCWN anthology, Looking at Life, a collection of devotions, poems, and short stories. That rainbow story was also published in a magazine.
Diane was a lifeguard for eight years, enabling her to earn her way through college. Married to a Wildlife Conservation Officer who often brought wild animals, injured or orphaned, home to the family. Diane is familiar with living among lion and bear cubs, and she writes humorous stories about them.