Ever since Ryan began openly communicating about 2.5 years ago, he has been able to pick out his costume. Imagine if you didn’t know what your child wanted to be for Halloween for the first 9 years of their life (okay for the first few we get to dress them up in what we want … More Halloween 2017
Last weekend, RPM certified provider Adriana Barriga and I hosted a workshop to help parents in the DFW area to create and deliver quality RPM lessons to their children. I was nervous about the turnout, but we had 8 parents attend and I was thrilled with that. All of the parents introduced themselves and talked … More RPM Lesson Writing Workshop With A Demonstration Video
Ryan turned 11 on October 6th. For those of you who are wondering, Ryan’s Hogwarts’ letter did not arrive (much to his disappointment) but he did have a great time with friends. One of Ryan’s best friends, Lawson, came into town from Arkansas to have a joint birthday party with Ryan. We hung out at … More Ryan’s Birthday Celebration
Thank you to all of you for your kind words and messages of support for Ryan. I read to him many of them, but not all. We are trying to move past the seizure, with the hope that it was an isolated incident. Last week, Ryan, Freckles, and I attended Grace’s Fun Run at her … More What Ryan has Been up to
This is the hardest post that we have ever written. When you make your life public as we do on this blog, and things don’t go as planned, an explanation is needed. We did not make it to Canada to see Ryan’s friends. On Friday, while Ryan, Grace, and I were being checked by the … More An Emergency and Disappointment
Ryan’s TV debut was a success. We had a small viewing party, which consisted of Ryan, Randy, Grace, Granny, and Joan (Mark’s sister) and me. We had some of Ryan’s favorite snacks and Ryan wanted chicken so we brought in some chicken wings. Ryan’s response immediately after seeing the program: TOO LOVING IT. CAN WE … More Reviewing “Ryan the TV Star”
Update: Ryan’s story aired tonight and you can find it here. We had a big day in our household on Tuesday. Kristin Dickerson of NBC 5 in the DFW area came to our home to learn all about Ryan and our blog. Ryan will be featured as a part of a series called “Courageous Kids” … More Ryan the TV Star
As many of you know who follow our Facebook Page, Ryan made his First Communion last Saturday, August 26th. It is hard to put into words how much this meant to him and to our family. For many years, I would not have thought that this would have been possible for Ryan nor did I … More Ryan’s First Communion
The last full day of our vacation, we met up with Grandma Chris for breakfast. We then drove by the University of Central Florida, the college that Randy and I met at. When Ryan, Grace, and I were in Florida in February, we visited the campus, but Randy was not with us. We first stopped … More Florida Vacation Part 3 and a Social Outing, Both Include Meeting Special New Friends
We left off with our arrival to Orlando. The next morning, we celebrated Nate’s Baptism. We got to see a lot of our extended family which was wonderful. Ryan is a regular at Sunday Mass now, so he did great as usual during Mass and at the ceremony after. One thing that was very special … More Florida Vacation Part 2 of 3
