Unlike many other families, April and her husband, Christopher, were married for almost twenty years before they had their daughter, Effie. April was well into her forties when she became pregnant with Effie, but, despite her advanced maternal age, she would describe pregnancy as one of the best times in her life—everything just seemed to be going unbelievably smooth. But, […]
Becky—who serves as the secretary on the board of directors for Hope for HIE—is the mother of two beautiful children, Hannah and Nick, aged seven and five respectively. She has been married to her husband, Josh, for ten years, lives in Buffalo, New York, and works as a financial aid officer in higher education. In 2013, when she gave birth […]
Lauren and her husband live in Mount Barker, a town just out of Adelaide in South Australia, with their two cocker spaniels, their bunny rabbit, and Beatrix, their daughter with HIE. Lauren teaches English, media studies and history to year 11 and year 12 high school students, as well as lectures to university students who are pursuing careers as English […]
As a member of the air force for the past ten years, Mark had been used to a decent amount of change and fluctuation in his life. However, when he and his wife, Becky, had Elana and Leah in September 2015, he experienced change to a degree he never thought fathomable. Mark and Becky had been dealing with fertility issues […]
Barbara and Barry are both professors at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. In September of 2015, Barbara and Barry were excitedly anticipating the birth of their first two grandchildren, Leah and Elana. As parents to Becky, they were overwhelmed with joy, not only that she would be starting the wonderful new journey of […]
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