Keep Your Face to the Sunshine and You Cannot See the Shadow

Where do I begin...I have had this feeling that I am supposed to tell my story (pretty sure it is a God thing).  It has been nagging at me for a few weeks now.  After much thought and consideration, here it goes. 

This is my story of our Little Ray of Sunshine, Braylon.  For those of you that know him, you know why I call him that!!  He has recently been diagnosed with Dandy-Walker Syndrome - a brain malfunction where portions of the brain are absent.  Sometimes it just helps to talk to someone and get things out in the open.  I thought the best way I could do this would be through a blog.  This way I can keep friends and family informed and possibly even reach out to others with this diagnosis.

I have been racking my brain trying to think of a good title for this blog.  I wrote down words that described Braylon and decided to look at some different quotes.  As I was reading through my descriptive words, sunshine stood out.  I then came across the quote, "keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow."  As crazy as it may seem, this was in my fortune cookie just last week!!  At the time I wasn't sure what to think of it...well, now I know.

It hit me like a ton of bricks, that was the perfect title.  The more I thought about it, the more it made sense.  Braylon truly is our Little Ray of Sunshine.  He will brighten anyone's day with his smile, and not to mention that hair!  That red hair is definitely a conversation starter.  The down side is the shadow, what I consider this diagnosis to be.  However, if we can all focus on the positive, we will get through it!

My goal is to document his journey through this.  I will try my best to keep up with it all as much as possible.  I have great intentions, as I know most bloggers do!  I will try to start with a back-story from the beginning and get everyone caught up to date.  I am looking forward to sharing this with all of you!!