DEAR SUPERMAN
Dear Superman, It’s hard for me to believe it has been 4 years since you left us. Time has a way of passing very quickly yet standing...
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45 MINUTES
“Mr. Hallsey, my name is Dr. Mayes, and I am the anesthesiologist that helped with your son’s MRI. He has a brain tumor. I wanted to tell...
"FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE"
For the rest of my life. I received this gift from a close friend - he saw this coin and wanted me to have it. It reminded him of my...
THREE YEARS
It is all still so very hard to process. It is still so very hard to understand. You are gone. It has been three years since you left....
GRADUATION
This has always been one of my favorite pictures of Tyler. It was taken 13 years ago when we lived in Jacksonville, Florida. He had just...
LITTLE FISH IN A BIG POND
“I believe that everyone can be happy. I dream that nobody harmed anybody. I try to make the world a better place. I hope I am making a...
SO...LIFT!
A few months after Tyler passed away I met a friend for lunch. As I was parking I noticed a father pushing his son in a wheelchair. As I...
COURAGE
Four years ago today I was sitting alone in a MRI waiting room when I was told my son was going to die. I was told there was no hope...
I MISS THE CHIRP
At some point each day I stop, pause, and shake my head. It’s been 2.5 years since Tyler passed away. I can hardly say that without...
ON THIS VERY SPECIAL DAY
On this very special day I choose to post a picture of my favorite gifts – my kids. My wife and I were talking this week about how fast...
FIVE MINUTES
I miss these blue eyes. This is my favorite picture of Tyler. It was taken by my daughter, McKenzie, during the holidays before Tyler was...
I NEEDED IT MORE
We spent Saturday afternoon at the cemetery decorating Tyler’s headstone for Christmas. As I sat by my Superman I thought about the road...
BE GRATEFUL
Just a few weeks before Tyler passed away he wanted to tell me something. By this time he had long since lost the ability to move or...
LAUGH A LITTLE
When Tyler was sick the doctors had to put him on a high dose of dexamethasone (steroids) to minimize the swelling in his brain. There...
VICTORY
Eight months after Tyler was diagnosed with DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma) he fractured multiple vertebrae in his back - the...
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