My nephew

So, I remember back in the day this little annoying kid that would come in my room and wake me up - jump on my bed and say "auntie Shannon wake up...wake up!!!". Now, that little kid is NINETEEN!!!

Robby had a brain tumor when he was about two years old. The tumor was the size of a grapefruit and was located just behind his eyes - he is legally blind to this day and has lived his whole life seeing mostly shadows. He will never drive a car. Blindness does not hold Robby back - I think it made him stronger. He rides bikes, skate boards, ski's, golf's, rides dirtbikes - things that you would think blind kids wouldn't do - AND he's good at it. He went to Vancouver to the school of the blind and all the kids there looked up to him. He's been interviewed on their local tv news station and even been in the paper for his outstanding achievements. He graduated this past June and we are so very proud of him. I don't see him much since he's still in Vancouver - miss you nephew!!! xox

Here's some photos and a few videos of him messing around at the bike park October 2009