#morethan4

[feels-like-freedom13]

As a cofounder of Jake’s Dragon Foundation, I was given the opportunity to give a really special speech in memory of my baby cousin, Jake, who passed away from cancer last year. Please share. The childhood cancer community needs more awareness and more conversations.

@taylorswift

[sainzofthetimes]

Y’all. The Oskar Lindblom news has me completely devastated. I am a children’s cancer nurse, and Ewing’s is a childhood cancer. It’s a rare diagnosis, so I would be lying if I said I see it every day. But the times I have seen it, it has been horrific. If he is ever able to play hockey again, I will be genuinely shocked.

This diagnosis is tough, and it doesn’t bode well for him. I am sending Oskar, his family, his medical team, and the Flyers all of my love and hope and good vibes.

#OskarStrong 🎗

[yeshers]

Touching Moon Jellies at the Aquarium of the Pacific

Sea jellies technically are not fish. They are 95 percent water, have no heart, brain, or lungs, and are planktonic, drifting with currents, unable to swim against them. They have been on Earth for at least 500 million years. Jellies are eaten by many different kinds of fish and sea turtles, so they have an importance within a healthy, well-balanced ecosystem.

At the Aquarium of the Pacific, we had the opportunity to touch moon jellies! The part of their body that I am touching in this picture has no stinging cells. Instead, their tentacles and stinging cells or nematocysts are located around their bell, and help them to capture their food. Species, like moon jellies, that consume very small organisms, such as zooplankton and brine shrimp, do not have a sting that can be easily felt by humans. If you feel anything at all it may be just a slight stickiness. 

[forchildhoodcancerawareness]

I'm Going Gold For Childhood Cancer Awareness 🎗🎗🎗Please feel free to share🎗

[half-great-adventures]

For Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation is debuting 20 short animated films that help kids make sense of scary cancer-related topics. See them at imaginaryfriendsociety.com/films/.

Starring a diverse cast of imaginary friends, the films tackle topics ranging from MRIs and chemotherapy to feeling sad. There’s also an interactive-style video of “Help for Brothers and Sisters” that helps siblings talk about their feelings. Find out more about the project here.

[stefaniaswift]

Happy birthday to my sweet Emily Grace! I can’t believe you would be turning 8 today! It’s so hard looking at pictures from our time together and then seeing your beautiful tree, but I love how beautifully decorated it is, all in pink! I wonder what kind of toys you’d be wanting for Christmas and how school would be going. You should be here and not in heaven forever 6 years old, but we will always and forever celebrate your life because what a special life it was! Your faith in Jesus never ceased to amaze me, how much you just loved God so freely. I love you SO much, baby girl and I miss you every single day! I just know that Jesus is throwing the BIGGEST party for you up in heaven! All my love!!!! #emilygrace #childhoodcancer #itsnotok #morethan4 #youshouldbehere

[stefaniaswift]

"Even though I realize I cannot always mend, I can enter in to someone's pain and sit with them...This is Jesus. Not that He apologizes for the hard and the hurt, but He enters in, He comes with us to the hard places. And so I continue to enter." #oliviakatherine #princesswarrior #missingyou #childhoodcancer #morethan4

[stefaniaswift]

I miss spending every day with you. I miss getting our nails done and getting dressed up and going to get your French fries from the movie theater. I miss your silly face and your selfies and your beautiful little hand in mine. I miss playing on your iPad and snuggling the day away. What about going to the candy store together and getting ice cream and going for hamburgers and playing tag at the Ronald. I miss you jumping out to scare me and hearing you laugh. I miss everything about you. How is it that you're gone? I am sure that being with Jesus is an experience beyond belief; Olivia- you are so loved and so missed and I am so sorry that we as a society failed you. You were worth more than 4% and I promise to keep raising awareness about childhood cancer until something changes. I love you, Olivia! Always and forever ❤️ Here's an important fact for all of you: 1 in 5 children with cancer WILL NOT SURVIVE. This is unacceptable. Beyond that, 46 children will be diagnosed with cancer each day and 7 will die. It could have been you, and it could have been me, and your child is automatically entered into this lottery and you don't get a choice. So stand up and do something about it. #morethan4 #prayersforolivia #princesswarrior #childhoodcancerawareness