Read personal stories from our founder and Jennifer's mommy, Libby, along with other Warrior Moms and news from our Unravel team.

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Basically fighting childhood cancer

August 19, 2024

Why the focus on basic research? We’re sometimes asked why Unravel tends to fund studies that are done entirely in the lab, rather than directly with kids.  The quick answer is that basic lab work is necessary to develop the new drugs, devices, and other treatments that will be tested on patients to see if […]

Rake to the Face

February 10, 2023

Can you imagine that? A rake to the face. Just walking along and you take a step and smack .. before you even know what happened you get hit with a rake to the face. We’ve been busy lately.. homeschooling, sports, theatre, Unravel and just normal life. So I haven’t taken the time to hurt. […]

Twice

October 28, 2022

October 28th.. A date. A string of words and numbers… 11 to be exact.. With such power and impact on my life. This one single date changed the very essence of me to my core. .. twice… This date changed my name.. … twice .. And it changed the world saw me…. …twice.. The first […]

still. always.

December 14, 2021

I love the holidays. I hate the holidays. .. and both make me feel guilty. I look at our tree and feel such joy and gratitude.. I have these 4 little kids still with me. Sharing and showing me the magic of Christmas. .. But I ache I don’t want to. I am mad about […]

Happy Birthday … in heaven

October 28, 2021

I still cannot find any solice in that sentence. . I want to. I plan to. I try to. But I don’t. Our goal has always been to make her birthday a day of gratitude for her .. for the years we were gifted with her. But I don’t even know how.. and maybe I […]

Sissy

July 1, 2021

Today the girls and I were driving. They are going together to their first day of camp… Just the two of them.. Sisters.. I thought it. Sisters. .. But horribly incomplete. I kept the thoughts to myself. I didn’t want to hurt them. . make them feel less than.. Or just bring up something sad […]

mom of 5.. still..

May 19, 2021

As the world starts opening up again.. (I’m in California.. it’s been slow coming) I miss Jennifer in a different way. Kids starting to play sports and the natural progression of conversations.. Are they all yours? How many do you have? So I have to decide how to answer … and every time it’s an […]

She isnt here

April 13, 2021

I miss her. Always. It should be no surprise that holidays that the missing.. the wanting is amplified. .. But somehow it still is. Maybe I expect it to be better for me by now. Maybe I forget to give myself the allowances to hurt that are so easy to give to my kids/husband. I […]

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