09/25/2026
After reflecting on last weekend, I wanted to share some pictures from the rally Jeremy and I attended in Washington, D.C.Families gathered at the Capitol to rally, raise awareness, and advocate for children with pediatric cancer. Our kids deserve more than 4%. They deserve treatments that aren’t decades old. They deserve better.It was overwhelming to walk alongside so many other grieving families. There is something incredibly emotional about being surrounded by parents who understand a life none of us ever imagined we would be living.As grieving parents, we have lost so many of the ways parents normally get to be there for their children. We don’t get to sit in the stands at their games, watch their school plays, have conversations in the car, or get those late-night hugs.So we find other ways to continue being their parents.We travel to see their pictures displayed on walls. We say their names. We share their stories. We advocate for change and try to make things better for the children and families who come after us.For us, that will always mean telling Carter’s story. 💚
But this cannot only be the responsibility of families who have lived through pediatric cancer. As a society, we need to do better. We shouldn’t have to personally know a child with cancer to believe they deserve better research, better funding, better treatments, and a better chance at growing up.These children are more than statistics. They are sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, teammates, classmates and friends. They have plans, personalities, dreams and entire futures ahead of them.We can do better for them.We have to do better for them. Because every child deserves the chance for a future. 💛🎗️