Gifted Families

It seemed that Brenan was born a healthy little boy on March 12, 2007, but just a few days later he had his first seizure. He spent the next 6 weeks in the hospital while

  They say things happen and people get connected for a reason, but you may never realize until years later. Well, that’s how our connection with SG was established, and we are beyond grateful for

Wyatt is 6 years old. My husband (Eric) and I (Jennifer) could not have kids of our own. However, my husband has kids from previous relationships. To start with that was fine I myself loved

Michela Brown is an 8-year-old girl. Michaela has been diagnosed with severe autism (F84.0) with intellectual and communication impairments and also has sensory processing disorder and difficulty with speech and attention. Michela is nonverbal and

Valerie “Bennie” Hickman is a very special girl. Prior to the onset of Acute Flaccid Myelitis last year, she was a typically developing 5-year-old. Bennie is a wonderful big sister to our 4-year-old, Porter. She

Cainan was born 6 weeks early. He is a twin and while in labor with them Cainan’s heartbeat was lost for 8 minutes. I was then rushed into an emergency c-section and Cainan’s umbilical cord

Jonah’s life started differently that we expected.  He was born with a cleft palate.  After being home for 7 days, we followed up with cardiologists after his pediatrician heard an “inconsequential heart murmur.”  Little did

Life is ever so unexpected. We never know what kind of <unexpected or some other word here> it will bring us. This is exactly what happened to us during the fall of 2015. Viyan was

Julian Meza was born on March 17, 2017, St. Patrick’s baby and let me tell you he is my lucky baby boy! My pregnancy with him was very smooth and easy up until 26 weeks’

John Wyatt Smith was born to what doctors told us was “normal” (for the most part). He was a beautiful small baby at birth and had some complications that required a 2-day NICU stay, but

Lavell is an 8-year-old boy diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome when he was 2 months old. At the beginning he was a poor feeder with low muscle tone. He was sent home from the NICU with

We are a family of five, Jose (Jojo) 5, Maria Citlali 14, Luis Damian 16 and my husband, and I.  Jojo was born one week after my oldest turned 11, and just I day before