“Write to be effective, to make a difference, to say something that makes you think.”
Christine Frisbee
Reviews
“I think that Day By Day will help families and siblings understand that they are not alone in their experiences. It can be isolating and overwhelming for children and parents when there is a sick child.”
Erin Spaulding Child Life Specialist, Yale-New Haven Hospital
“Siblings are often the “silent warriors” in the childhood cancer fight. They deeply feel the joys and pains associated with their family’s journey. Within Day By Day, there are stories from the sibling perspective that demonstrate the great depth of their experience.”
Tracy Moore, LCSW Director of Support Services,
Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation
Day By Day
About the Book
Children who have a seriously ill brother or sister are very unique. They share a large part of themselves, each day, with someone who needs more care than they do. Often considered the forgotten ones, the book, DAY BY DAY, depicts how siblings of seriously ill or challenged children, through their experience, can learn to embrace the challenges of their exceptional situation, ultimately allowing them to transform into strong, spiritual, and caring people. Often they arrive at insights that can help the whole family grow. By reading their stories, it is clear that most children are not resentful of their experience, but rather grateful for the lessons learned. They are happy to offer advice in order to help others faced with that same situation. They have a very poignant message...if we listen.
They are the angels sent to us for knowledge. They are innocent and honest. Through the eyes of children we can see without distortion.
The History of Day By Day
Christine Frisbee, the third of twelve children, has always been interested in sibling relationships. She and her husband, Rick, have five children. After their second child died of leukemia in 1989, she worked at the Yale School of Medicine with families who were looking for an unrelated donor for a bone marrow transplant. Her experience and work inspired her to write this book. She has interviewed children and professionals in many organizations about the impact that childhood illness has within the family. Christine attended Columbia School of Social Work and has an MBA from the University of Connecticut. Rick and Christine live in Connecticut and on Cape Cod.
Frisbee Children
Cape Cod 1987
