Overcommer
This guy right here is the biggest dreamer you will ever meet. He has big, swiss mountain size dreams. He started writing rap lyrics at 19 as a way to fight through the emotions he had dealing with depression and a physical disability. His lyrics not only woke up something creatively beautiful in his soul they woke up us, as […]
His Smile
His smile will brighten any day. His belly laughs will make even the grumpiest of people chuckle. Everyone should have opportunities to laugh this hard.
Tres and the Gang
Tres has a great group of best friends. They are always down for whatever activity he comes up with. A favorite is bowling but they also hang at the mall, […]
Tres High School Graduation
//www.youtube.com/get_player CAUTION: there are a ton of pics. Tres graduated from high school. That was not the surprise. He worked his butt off to be on the honor roll and roll across that […]
First Days
Well, school has started. Saying goodbye to summer is so hard for me. I love throwing our hectic routines out the door for 3 wonderful months. Having hours of quiet mornings […]
Stepping into Advocacy
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Game On!
The Hunt family has quickly become very dear friends. Besides walking through the serious issues we face daily in the education system that come with having differently abled children, we […]
Stepping Towards Greater Independence
Our neighbors threw a neighborhood Christmas party. We are still getting to know everyone so it was the perfect time to hang out with the whole block in one spot. […]
To Have a Voice and FINALLY be heard!
Amazing, God driven events have been unfolding in Tres education. As I referred to here we have had some recent frustrations with a charter school we tried to get Tres enrolled in. Good friends of ours were recently at a restaurant were they over heard a reporter discussing research that his company was doing on Charter Schools in Florida. Our friends shared in the struggles their […]
Facing the Giants
Anyone who reads my blog knows about the many transitions and adjustments we have had to make concerning Tres education. His elementary school years were wonderful. Middle school was great. […]
Seasons of Change
When we found out Tres had Cerebral Palsy we were so determined to raise him up just like a normal child. We did not want to treat him like he […]
A Tribe Called Whitlock 