Mina Holland's book Lifeblood recounts her daughter Vida's diagnosis of Diamond-Blackfan anaemia syndrome and the subsequent need for regular blood transfusions.
Beginning around age seven, I had an insatiable desire to write. I would write pages and ramblings almost every day, whether it was full accounts of my day, idealized accounts of my day, stories set in fantasy worlds, or long, dialogue-only scenes. I always gave them to my mom, and she would read them all the way through.
"People don't necessarily think of elementary school, for example, as a form of care, but the reality is that when children go to school, parents can go to work, and when schools are closed over the summer, they need to find coverage," says Stephen Kramer, CEO of Bright Horizons.
At first the Gouws were stumped by what their daughter had added to her illustration. "We couldn't figure out if it was the main member or ... the balls," Lauren Gouws tells TODAY.com.