Travis Lately

God bless this guy!!!!!!

Oh please, God, bless him!!!!!!!!!!!

I think back to the way my parents

took care of him when he was in Austin

at Texas Neuro.  Lynna had to work

during the week so they spent

their weeks in Austin staying in a 

trailer, sitting by Trav's side all

day long, going to therapies with him,

making friends with the staff

and other patients and families.

Looking back, my dad's health

was beginning to decline at that time.

But there they were.

Now, Travis giving back.............

it amazes me.  

Baylor Speech!!!!!

Travis is still making progress.

This is a miracle in itself.

I mean a HUGE miracle.  

It's just awesome.

Look at this handsome young man!!!!!

He is amazing. 

Trav's birthday in January....

These two.  

I couldn't love them more.  

We passed the six year anniversary date

on July 25, 2016.  

I'll never as long as I live get over this.  

My post from the year before still holds true.  

Another awesome semester of Baylor

Speech.  His therapists have

been outstanding!!!

Honestly nobody has a clue what

this guy goes through every single day.

Life is so very difficult and people

lose sight of that.  It's difficult

for him and his mom and dad and brother.

I wish people truly knew.

And there are many, many, many ~

way too many ~ who have difficult

lives, much more difficult than Trav's.

Life is so hard for some.

Life can change for any of us

at any second.  

I'm sick and tired of hearing

the "at least's" that people will 

sometimes say.  We all need to 

take that out of our vocabulary - 

we all use it, until it hits close to our

own or ourselves.  "I know his life

is tough, but at least he's alive."

That's not cool to say.

He is and we are thankful he's alive...

more than ANY person could

ever imagine and we don't take 

it for granted.  AT ALL.

But that doesn't make his life any easier.

He's lonely, he struggles 

for/with everything he does, he 

KNOWS all that he is missing out

on in life.  It's not fair at all.

For the few who still read this,

please pray with me for someone

to come along - a companion, a true

friend, someone close to his age.

Travis is awesome.  He's a fighter.

He's a miracle.  

He needs someone though.

We pray for his story to continue

to impact our world, to show Jesus

and the power of prayer but we

also pray big time for Trav's contentment.  

Just a late night in the ER

getting his feeding tube replaced.

All smiles, of course.