01/09/2026
The first of September is always a hard day – firstly because those “first day of year X” photos start appearing on social media, and we have to look back at ours from three years ago and know that was the last first day, but also because it is the start of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
A diagnosis is painful for everyone, but with a child you begin to mourn not just the life that you will be lost, but all of the potential and could-have-beens. Every milestone that you celebrate for and with someone else becomes yet another that you know your child will never see.
As Sebastian’s classmates prepare to start year five, we share a thought for everyone who has that horrendous shadow of Childhood Cancer hanging over them.