Our family in a hospital room Helping a family that spends a lot of time in hospital can be difficult. We have spent months in hospital, and have come home from hospital so many times. I know that people struggle with how to help families like ours, so from my experience, here are a few ways you can make a small, but big difference. It can be difficult to receive many messages asking ‘what can I do?’, when you are busy asking that of yourself. From my experience the more

Award winning image for the 2020 Portrait Masters When I was 9, Rebecca Conci, 2015 When I fell pregnant with my first baby girl I was filled with anticipation of our next step in the journey of life. How I was going to decorate her room. The stories I would read to her, the world I would share with her. I couldn't wait to hold her tiny fingers in my hands, and listen to her noises. I would daydream about how life would be with our family g

In ICU after haemorrhaging on the operating table, she then became the sickest child in Aus/ NZ waiting for a liver, and went to the top of the transplant list. No one could ever wish for their child to be seriously ill. Watching as their fragile body slowly starts deteriorating. To question whether you may ever see or hold them again can give you a wake-up call like no other. There is a lot of research around catalyst moments and the life-changing decisions that evolve from