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LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLEST, LOGAN SURE DOES
Mountain News, January 9, 2004
Starting the New Year and reviewing the past one never fails to remind me of how lucky I was when I took that white knuckle ride home from McMaster Children's Hospital when my son Logan was born with cerebral palsy back in 1996.
Since that time I have walked with the Angels in heaven and danced with his soul here on earth, and been thankful for every minute of it.
It's been a roller coaster ride of emotions, from the lowest of lows when his lips move but no words come out, to the highest of highs when he sang with the Killer Whales at Marineland Canada. The sounds they made together still send shivers down my spine when I think of them.
Over the last seven years of loving and learning with Logan, I have come to know his intrinsic value as an individual and his undefeatable zest for a life worth living to the fullest.
Sometimes I wish I could do it as easily as he does.
His determination to succeed in the face of adversity is a wonder to behold and my lovely wife Laurie and I feel honored to be part of his happiness and we have made it our mission to get him there -- come hell or high water.
One of my proudest moments came when Logan was old enough to go to a regular public school were I observed the profound effect his free spirit had on the other children in his class.
It's a notion of loving and caring that should learned by all of us, something children carry with them into adulthood, where they may have children less able of their own to contend with.
It's a great way to build a more caring society that believes in the notions of inclusion and equality that children like Logan deserve, and a commitment from each one of us to see that no child like Logan is left behind.
-- Mark-Alan Whittle, Hamilton.