My Inspiration. My Passion. My Mission.

Approximately forty six children are diagnosed with cancer each day.

Cancer does not discriminate and is the leading cause of death by disease among U.S. children.


By the time my daughter finished the fifth grade, she'd already lost two friends to this disease.  Both were beautiful little girls, diagnosed with osteosarcoma in the third grade.

As a parent, I desperately needed something to help me explain the impending death of a child to my own child. There was an elephant in the room, and it was then that I realized that I would write a real story, about a real child's journey through cancer.

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The Book

My love and thanks to my daughter, Katie, as it was through her eyes that I saw the elephant, and the need for a book like this.

Colleen was an extremely brave girl who whose journey through cancer not only inspired this book, it inspired a movement.




Founded by Colleen's parents, Striving for More is dedicated to ensuring that children with cancer and their families receive quality emotional and spiritual support.

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