I know this story is a little long, but I
think you will find it very worthwhile reading...
First of all, it's probably appropriate to tell you a little
about our family. Depending on how you found our site, you may
already know that we are a typical American family consisting of
myself (Gail) my wife Charlotte, and our two sons Stephen and
Sean. Although both of our sons are very special to us, Stephen
was born with a mental deficiency that has left him with the
mind of someone you may think was in their early teens. although
he is almost 40 years old. We have always considered ourselves
blessed by having Stephen in our lives and know that God has
used him to shape our lives over the years.
We really wanted to give Stephen a page
for himself so here it is... You know a lot regarding him
from his Herbie webpage and from other pages within this
site, but I guess as parents, we always have more that we
can add.
Originally, Stephen didn't want to come into this world in
that his mother was in labor for over 26 hours and even
though induced, he still resisted and had to be pulled with
forceps to make his grand entrance. Because of his size,
10.5 lbs and the delivery, he was born with swelling of the
brain which more than likely caused his disability.
