by Gaylon Hayden | Mar 6, 2020 | News
On New Year’s Day, 2017, Kendall James’ parents, Shawn and Kendra James, got the news no parent would ever want to hear, “Your child has cancer!” Kendall was sent to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, TN,...
by Gaylon Hayden | Mar 4, 2020 | News
How Book for Hope Helps Families with Children Battling Cancer Book for Hope became a 501 (c) (3) childhood cancer organization in January 2015. The mission statement of Book for Hope is to raise childhood cancer awareness, financially assist families with a...
by Gaylon Hayden | Feb 19, 2020 | News
Everyone Has a Dream Everyone has a dream, not everyone’s may be the same. If I were asked what my dream was it would be to tell one person how unknowingly important childhood cancer awareness is. Because when you tell one person that person tells another person who...
by Gaylon Hayden | Feb 19, 2020 | News
2016 was supposed to be a great year for myself and my daughter. My mother invited us on a road trip for spring break and I gladly took her up on the offer. We went off to New Orleans for good food and some fun time, deciding to break it up and stop in Memphis...
by Gaylon Hayden | Feb 19, 2020 | News
Facing an obstacle course in life can be difficult. You jump over the hurdles of pain, crawl under the struggles that you encounter, and climb up the rock wall of life. I believe obstacles are in our lives to challenge us to grow as a person. We get to learn how to...
by Gaylon Hayden | Feb 19, 2020 | News
So, last night I had a hard time sleeping. I am so excited because today is not just any day; it is a day in my life as a birthday cancer survivor! When I was diagnosed with cancer on December 24th2007, (Christmas Eve), I did not know if I would live to see another...
