Parkers Pak  Blog

This blog post shares the emotional reality many parents face during childhood cancer—smiling in public while breaking inside. It highlights the fear, mental load, and identity shift that comes with a diagnosis, while reminding parents they’re allowed to feel it all and they’re not alone.

If you had told me a year ago that I would be sitting at a sewing machine, teaching myself how to stitch seams and insert zippers, I would’ve laughed. I had never sewn more than a button in my life. But when your child is fighting cancer, when they’re hooked to an infusion pump 24/7, when you see them losing the freedom to move like a normal toddler… you suddenly realize you’re capable of absolutely anything. And that is where Parker’s Pak began — not in a factory, a design s