I want to give recognition to Gavin and award him with a Today's Victory.  Gavin's 16 years old and has already lived through more than most people do in a lifetime. He lives with truly freak medical and mental health conditions. By freak I'm simply referring to how astronomically rare they are.   No matter what he goes through, he does so with a smile on his face and never once complains.  His life is profoundly impacted by his health and yet he's always asking what he can do to help around the house.  Gavin's such an inspiration to me as both a father and human being.   It's for this and many more reasons that he deserves to have the spotlight on him because he's easiest the bravest kid I've…

The other day, Gavin broke the arm off his glasses. It was an accident but he's pretty upset with himself. Frankly, he's had these glasses for well over a year and I'm amazed that they've lasted this long.   I'm pretty sure he can get a free replacement pair but if not, he's do for a check up and that will bring with it, a new script.   One way or another, they will get replaced.  I was able to superglue them back together and the arm still opened and closed. Yesterday, Gavin took his glasses off and was hyper-flexing the arms. This broke them once again.  This was only meant to be a temporary fix. My dad was going to try replacing them while the boys were visiting.  On…