Cocktails & Chemo started as a blog, a place where Joe and Amanda Clark would share their personal account as a young couple facing a deadly disease. Joe was diagnosed with colon cancer when he was 28 years old and just two months before the couple would wed. They blogged about their accounts as they faced chemotherapy instead of a honeymoon and through the birth of their daughter, Mira Joey. When Joe died in 2014, Amanda felt a calling to recognize other caregivers like herself in her late husband's honor. In 2021, that message expanded beyond her story to serving caregivers everywhere the name changed to Cocktails & Caregivers, creating a place where an underserved group can find support without the stigma.