Rebecca Eastman

I Only Wanted to Help One Kid When I started Parker’s Pak, I didn’t know anything about starting a company. I wasn’t an entrepreneur with a business plan. I didn’t have a background in product development. I didn’t know about patents, manufacturing, or all the little things that come with turning an idea into something real. I was just a mom. A mom walking the same road that far too many parents have walked—the road of having a child with cancer. And somewhere along that road, I saw a need....

If you had told me three years ago that I would be designing medical-adjacent products, working through patents, building a company, and sending bags to hospitals around the country, I would have laughed. Yet here we are. It's honestly wild to think about. Three years ago, I was just a mom. A swim coach. A realtor. Someone trying to balance work, family, and the beautiful chaos of everyday life. Then cancer entered our story. One phone call changed everything. Suddenly, I wasn't learning...

We are DONE! Two days ago, Parker finished treatment. Even typing those words feels surreal. For so long, treatment became the rhythm of our lives — the thing everything else revolved around. And now suddenly… it’s over. Well, technically, Parker has been considered cancer-free since about two months into treatment. But with B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, “cancer-free” doesn’t mean finished. It means continuing on through the full standard protocol — every phase, every chemo, every...