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One of the things Joel and I desire is for our children to live without fear; with a terminally ill child, we have to balance the safety and immune protection he needs with the fact we want him to have the same experiences other children his age have. For us, that means we are going to take more trips, see more things, do more adventures. We cannot let Littlest’s frailty keep us cordoned off from giving the kids a full childhood, and we desperately want to build memories with him when he’s feeling well. So we are having 2017 be a Year of Adventure.  read more…