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Meet Mary and Robert

(Submitted by Pat Wright) HPE is not a rare disorder in our immediate family, 50% of the children have HPE, and it has not prematurely taken the lives of the affected children, as one is 32-years old and the other is 23-years old. It has however taken us down a road of understanding and certainly …

Save the Date for the 2014 Family Conference on HPE

Well, the wait is over! Grab your family calendar and save the dates! We want to invite you and your family to Dallas, Texas on October 2-4, 2014 for our 2014 Conference: “HoPE in the Heart of Texas”. The conference is a collaboration between Families for HoPE and the Carter Centers for Brain Research in …

My Journey

by Renee Hansen, Dakota’s mom Dakota Jade was born September 29, 1994. We did not know of her HPE when she was born. Days after she was born, we were told she had Semi Lobar Holoprosencephaly and if she did live, she would NOT have a life worth living. The doctors were WRONG. I made …

Harley Renee Tucker

FLASHBACK FRIDAY – July 2, 2006 Making the most of every day: Family copies with newborn’s terminal diagnosis Odessa American, Odessa, Texas Article published July 2, 2006 By Elizabeth York   Birth is a time of celebration, new life and wonder.  But one Odessa family is facing the terrible combination of having a newborn diagnosed with …

Rachel Steele

FLASHBACK FRIDAY – From June 2008 The Steele family of Richmond, Indiana, knows better than most just how full of God’s love and promise the Easter season can be.  Their reminder didn’t appear in an Easter basket, though.  It came in the form of twins!  Rachel Steele, this month’s Child of HoPE, and her twin …

Tara Lynn Morris

FLASHBACK FRIDAY – From November 2007 One day at a time. Those five little words have served Kim and Gloria Morris very well in their role as parents. Already the parents of 10 year-old Josh, Kim and Gloria added a baby girl to their family with the birth of Tara Lynn Morris on December 30, …

Michael Bangit, III

FLASHBACK FRIDAY – from June 2007 Michael Bangit III was born December 21, 2000 and has been diagnosed with semi-lobar holoprosencephaly. Michael’s father was killed in a logging accident when Michael was only six months old. Today, he lives with his mother, Candace Mobley, and his grandparents in North Carolina. Michael is described by his …