The kids like to come into our room pretty much at the break of dawn & this week they both did one morning…Angel started playing on her dad’s iPad and Braylon was trying to walk behind them by the headboard to find his way to the other side. Well, oblivious Angel lets out this Oooowwwwww!! as he steps on her hair & pulls it. Rick goes, Dude, watch...

Hi Braylon! I miss you too…my birthday passed so I am now 10. I really want to see you…how’s it goin?? I’m doing great. The tree is still there, but some people moved in so it’s not that fun anymore! I still climb up there though. When is your Birthday? I think in August? I think Andres is still in the neighborhood, but he has changed....

Yesterday Braylon heard the song “Photograph” and it made him sad. This is not the 1st time. He asked to see any pictures of his friends in Texas… but I had none. There are some on the archived braylon.com links but I don’t know how to access them right now. He went through all my photo albums, scrap books & a box full of pictures…to...

Ms. Parent’s class…Braylon and many of his classmates & friends during the last day of the school year!  

While preparing for a speech about himself, Braylon circled the following words. I couldn’t help but notice the words he chose not to use to describe himself: compassionate, honest, courageous & patient. But I also saw all the ones he did circle, which made me smile. I wonder what words I’d use to describe myself.   I guess I’d...

At first, I wasn’t really down with it. I thought Braylon would just sit by us during worship… not the whole service. I thought it was really cool how engaged and how focused he was. I noticed he was reading all the lyrics of every song. I kept watching him reading and singing… really listenting and getting sometihng out of it. And it blessed my...