Amanda and Sam met in Colorado, eventually getting married in 2017, after moving to Edmonton, Alberta, in Canada. Sam worked as a manager at a climbing gym before the pandemic, while Amanda, a registered social worker, had worked as an addiction counselor with youth experiencing substance use and mental health-related concerns. Through her profession, Amanda had been exposed to the […]
Caitlin and Jeff live in Georgia with their three children, Liam, Charlotte, and Caroline. When Caitlin found out she was pregnant at the start of the pandemic, the entire family was overwhelmed with joy. Liam and Charlotte were so excited that they would have a baby sister to play with, and Caitlin and Jeff looked forward to reliving the experience […]
Dr. Monica Arroyo serves as a pediatric neurologist on Hope for HIE’s Medical Advisory Board.She completed a pediatric neurology residency and subsequent fellowship in fetal and neonatal neurology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in 2018. During her fellowship, Monica delved into how complicated it is to not only treat the patient, but to support families in the midst of […]
I find myself in a world unknown to me I looked around but there wasn’t much to see The thoughts of how I even got here Used to fill my mind with so much fear My little boy, not knowing what’s going on Yet he fights, and he is oh so strong Though not everyone will ever understand That sometimes […]
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again […]
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