Meet the McAteers- Type 1 Diabetes

Meet the McAteers- Type 1 Diabetes

Where Do You Live? Indian Trail, North Carolina Tell Us About Your Family… Kendal and I have been married for 15 years this November. We met and started dating in High School. We are both only children and grew up in Matthews, NC. We have two children; Aedan, who is...
Meet The Hineses- Epilepsy

Meet The Hineses- Epilepsy

Where Do You Live? Monroe, North Carolina Tell Us About Your Family (from Melissa)… Brian and I have been married for 11 years and we reside in Monroe NC.  We currently have three children.  Molly is 8, Rayna is 6, and Aaron is 4.  Brian works for North Carolina...
Meet Rebecca- Spina Bifida

Meet Rebecca- Spina Bifida

Where Do You Live? I am Kenyan, but I live and work as a missionary in coastal Tanzania. Tell Us About Yourself… I am 26 years old and a social worker by profession. I love travelling, reading, blogging , singing and strumming my guitar. How Has Spina Bifida...
Meet The Andersons- Spina Bifida

Meet The Andersons- Spina Bifida

Where Do You Live? North Carolina Tell Us About Your Family… We are a family of four, soon to be 5, with our oldest son being born with Spina Bifida.   His lesion is in the L4/L5 region which we have seen affect his mobility from the waist down and other functions of...
Meet The Conklin Family- Spina Bifida

Meet The Conklin Family- Spina Bifida

Where Do You Live? Mooresville, North Carolina Tell Us About Your Family… Dave and Melissa have been married for 21 years and moved to NC from Austin, TX a year after getting married. They have two children – Melanie, age 19 and Trevor, age 15. Melanie is a...
Meet The Backuses- Cerebral Palsy

Meet The Backuses- Cerebral Palsy

Where Do You Live? We live in Mint Hill, NC Tell Us About Your Family… We are Tracey and Glenn Backus, and we have one 15 year old daughter, Caroline. Caroline has mild spastic diplegia Cerebral Palsy. She was born at 30 weeks gestation at a weight of 2 lbs 15...