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All in Family
For Carey's memorial service, a couple of talented family members made both a video tribute and photo montage. They did such a beautiful job capturing the fun (and crazy!) essence of Carey.
I wanted to post these here on the blog for those who weren't able to attend the service, and of course, just for keepsake purposes. Enjoy 💛
A few months ago the Autism Society asked Carey to make a video telling a bit of his story and how autism has affected our family. We were excited for this opportunity. After receiving his prognosis, Carey's focus has not been on checking items off a bucket list, but rather, how he can leave a legacy that his boys will be proud of.
Lots of you already know, but we haven’t really ‘put it out there’ yet, that Eli was diagnosed this past fall with high functioning autism - also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD). He is considered to be on the spectrum mainly due to communication delays and sensory issues. He struggles with fine motor skills, transitions, maintaining eye contact, and sleeping among other things. But I think the most noticeable thing
We managed to survive our first road trip as a family of four! Someone should of warned us how exhausting 'vacationing' would be with two crazy little boys =)
Our two day drive took us on up to the BEAUTIFUL Silver Lake in Traverse City, MI. We had some nice, relaxing family time, and also enjoyed a few days with our beloved friends
I said goodbye to my old friend normal on August 14th in the office of an oncologist. It was a stuffy room, much too small it seemed to contain such large news. I was holding my baby, Carver, who was just shy of one month old, and I remember being embarrassed that the doctor walked in right as I was changing a poopy diaper. I don’t remember exactly what the doctor said, but rather that he used words like “big problem” and “amputation”. I remember I started to feel
