The author uses a well-known story about landing in another country to explain cancer journeys.
PUBLISHED December 24, 2019
Jane has earned three advanced degrees and had several fulfilling careers as a librarian, rehabilitation counselor and college teacher. Presently she does freelance writing. Her articles include the subjects of hearing loss and deafness, service dogs and struggling with cancer. She has been a cancer survivor since 2010.
She has myelodysplastic syndrome, which is rare, and would love to communicate with others who have MDS.
I recently was decluttering, and came across an article I would ask my students every semester to read when I was a teacher. The title is “Welcome to Holland” by Emily Perl Kingsley. This author is well known for her advocacy for people with disabilities, has received several Emmy awards, and is a writer for Sesame Street.She has myelodysplastic syndrome, which is rare, and would love to communicate with others who have MDS.
She compares raising a child like her son, who has special needs, to planning a vacation. The parents are excited about going to Italy and visiting the Coliseum, riding the gondolas, seeing Michelangelo’s art and all the other popular tourist spots.
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