06/22/2026
When Jaclyn was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, our family entered a world no parent ever wants to know. But while the world saw her fight, there was another battle happening quietly in the background — the one carried by her sister, Taryn. That’s when I learned something profound:
Siblings don’t just support the child with cancer. They pray for NED.
They live for NED. They fight for NED with every breath.
That’s why I call them NEDlings!
They are the invisible warriors of childhood cancer. They carry fear, hope, love, and responsibility far beyond their years. They watch their sibling suffer and still find a way to smile, to protect, to believe.
Taryn showed me that.
She taught me that siblings are not bystanders — they are co‑fighters.
They battle emotionally, spiritually, and silently.
This month’s Future Champions Golf article honors them — the NEDlings who deserve to be seen, celebrated, and supported just as fiercely as the child in
To every NEDling out there: You matter. You are brave. And we see your fight.
By Denis Murphy, Founder, Friends of Jaclyn Foundation In the childhood cancer community, there is a group of warriors whose courage is rarely acknowledged, whose sacrifices are often unseen, and whose emotional wounds are carried quietly, privately, and for life. These are the siblings — the prot...
