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These stories describe our journey with Ben, our oldest son. Ben is a sweet and energetic redhead, born with Rett Syndrome, a rare genetic mutation. My husband, Ryan, and I try to keep up with Ben and his two younger brothers. I intend to shed insight into raising a child with disabilities and pass on the wisdom we’ve earned over the past two decades.
What a great Jack'O Lantern! We haven't got ours carved yet (I'm trying to figure out when we're going to have time with the week we have ahead) That's a great idea to let them punch the design on with a template -- I'll have to give that a try!
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Wow -- he did a great job!
ReplyDeleteThis is really cool!
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