About Kindling
Kindling is a growing collection of anonymous letters, written for the next person who finds themselves on the same road. A place to pass something on: a sentence, a truth, a small piece of hard-earned wisdom that might help someone feel a little less alone.
When Angeline's mom was diagnosed with glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive brain cancers, Angeline was fifteen weeks pregnant and raising a toddler. Overnight she became both a daughter caring for the woman who raised her, and a mother getting ready to bring new life into the world.
She wasn't looking for perfect advice. She just wanted to hear from someone who had already lived through it.
"The most useful thing anyone gave us was another person, a little further down the road, telling us the truth."
That experience became part of why Angeline and her co-founder, Jason, built Ember.
Ember helps families with everything that happens between appointments: the questions, the decisions, the uncertainty, the information that can feel like too much. Kindling grew from the same belief, but does a different job. It's a quiet place for the human parts of illness, the things that rarely fit into a medical conversation but often stay with us the longest.
Kindling is for anyone whose life has been turned upside down by illness. Whether you're the one who's sick, caring for someone you love, or remembering someone you've lost, this place is for you.
You don't have to write your whole story. One honest sentence is enough. Leave something you wish someone had told you, or come read the words someone left for you.
Every letter is anonymous. Every submission is read before it's published, identifying details are removed, and if you ever want yours taken down, we'll take it down.
Before we asked anyone else, we wrote first. Angeline wrote the first letter.
"There's no way out, but there is a way through."