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💛 September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Honoring Eric & Sevyn

Updated: Sep 6, 2025

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Honoring Eric and Sevyn during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month with love and remembrance.

Childhood cancer awareness

Cancer is never just a word. It’s a reality that changes everything.

For me, it’s more than a cause or campaign—it’s a chapter written into my family’s story through deep love, unimaginable pain, and the kind of strength no one asks for but must find anyway.


This September, I want to honor the two brightest lights in my life: my son Eric Doyle Alexander Jr. and my niece Sevyn Dior Horn.


🩵 Eric Doyle Alexander Jr.

  • Born: February 6, 1996

  • Passed Away: July 30, 1997

  • Diagnosis: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Eric was only 7 months old when he was diagnosed with AML—a rare and aggressive form of childhood leukemia. He fought with everything his little body could offer. At just 17 months old, I held him in my arms as he took his last breath.

No parent should ever have to experience that kind of loss, but many of us do. And somehow, someway—we learn how to keep breathing. His memory continues to shape my purpose, and everything I do now to support grieving mothers is because he once lived, laughed, and loved in my arms.


💜 Sevyn Dior Horn

  • Born: December 8, 2020

  • Passed Away: March 18, 2025

  • Diagnosis: Brain Cancer

My niece, Sevyn, was a radiant soul who brought joy, sass, and sweetness into every space she entered. Her journey with brain cancer was heartbreaking, but through it all, she was a warrior. Her spirit remained strong even when her body grew tired. Though she was only with us for a short time, Sevyn left a powerful legacy. Her courage continues to inspire our family, and her love will never be forgotten.


📊 Childhood Cancer Facts That Deserve Attention

While many people associate cancer with adulthood, childhood cancer is more common—and more devastating—than most realize.


  • 🎗️ Every day, 43 children are diagnosed with cancer in the U.S.

  • 🧠 Brain tumors are the most common solid tumors in children—and the deadliest.

  • 💉 AML accounts for 15–20% of childhood leukemia diagnoses.

  • 💔 Cancer is the #1 disease-related cause of death in children.

  • 💰 Despite this, less than 4% of federal cancer research funding goes toward childhood cancers.


We must do better—for children like Eric and Sevyn, and for every family still in the fight.


🕊️ Life After Loss: Finding Purpose in the Pain

Out of the deep grief of losing Eric, I created the Life After Loss Retreat—a safe and sacred space for grieving mothers to heal, connect, and find themselves again.


If you've lost a child and feel like the world no longer makes sense, I want you to know: you are not alone.


🧘🏽‍♀️ Life After Loss Retreat – Bali 2025

  • 🗓️ Dates: November 8–15, 2025

  • 📍 Location: Private luxury villa in Bali

  • 🌺 Who it’s for: Grieving mothers ready to honor their child and begin healing

  • 🌿 What’s included: Daily self-care practices, sisterhood, rest, reflection, nourishing meals, and space to just be


🖥️ Learn more and reserve your space at www.healnhustle.com


💛 Join Me in Honoring All the Little Angels

This September, I ask you to join me in honoring all children impacted by cancer—those still fighting, those who’ve survived, and those we carry in our hearts.

Light a candle. Share a memory. Support pediatric cancer research. Tell your story.

Because childhood cancer deserves more than awareness—it deserves action.

In loving memory of Eric Doyle Alexander Jr. and Sevyn Dior Horn, and in solidarity with every family touched by childhood cancer… we remember, we honor, and we rise.


💫 With love,


Latasha Harris RN-

Founder of Heal Not Hustle | Nurse Hustle Recruitment

 
 
 

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Meet Latasha

Meet Latasha Harris, RN — Founder of Heal Not Hustle
turned her pain into purpose, and her hustle into healing.

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Latasha, is a phenomenal woman whose story is a living testament to what it means to rise from the depths of pain with grace, strength, and softness. After losing her son to cancer in 1997, she did what many strong women do—she kept going. She buried her grief beneath the weight of hustle, convinced that staying busy would keep the pain away.

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For 26 years, she pushed forward without ever pausing to heal.

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But healing has a way of calling us back—and Latasha finally answered. Her journey inward began not long ago, sparked by the realization that while she had built a successful life, something was still missing: peace. She hadn’t just lost her son; she had lost parts of herself along the way. Now, she's reclaiming every piece with intention, softness, and truth.

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Latasha created the Heal Not Hustle Retreat to offer what she never had—a sacred space for women to pause, feel, and begin again. Whether you're grieving a child, facing unresolved trauma, or simply exhausted from carrying life’s weight alone, Latasha’s story reminds you: you don’t have to hustle through healing.

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With her calming presence, nurturing spirit, and raw honesty, Latasha invites women into a space where healing is not only possible—it’s powerful. Her ability to blend real-life grit with soulful compassion makes her both relatable and inspiring. She understands that healing isn’t linear, and that strength doesn’t always look loud. Sometimes, it looks like rest. Stillness. Boundaries. Breath.

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Through Heal Not Hustle, Latasha is building more than a retreat—she’s building a movement. One that teaches women that healing isn’t weakness; it’s the ultimate form of self-love.

With Latasha by your side, your healing journey will be held with love, led with truth, and guided by someone who truly understands.

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