Children grieve much differently from adults when a parent is ill. Their view of death and dying is age-related and may be very concrete. The Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation creates the ability for families to do something meaningful that will live on in cherished memories and photographs for each child's lifetime. Rather than solely remembering Mommy or Daddy's illness negatively, their memories will now also include special times provided by the Foundation that will stay with them forever.

I've spent my life's work in the field of oncology psycho-social support - more than 25 years. To my knowledge no organization has successfully fulfilled the void that the Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation fills. A conscious programmatic commitment to creating memories that will sustain the child after the parent succumbs to cancer is critical to the families' ability to develop successful coping mechanisms. I applaud the valuable and meaningful work of Jon Albert and his colleagues in this noble effort.