This is a letter I received this week from one of the Pay It Forward leaders: Hey Everybody, Here are the details and the sign up link for the "World's First Ever Pay it Forward Experience" happening here in Utah in Late October. We have an amazing group of speakers coming in such as Catherine Ryan Hyde (author of Pay it Forward), Adrianne Schmidt (creator of Karma Experiment with over 1.2 million followers), Bob Littell (creator of NetWeaving - www.netweaving.com ) and Hannah Taylor (Founder of Ladybug Foundation - www.ladybugfoundation.ca ) The event takes place on the 21st - 23rd of October and we will start it out early Friday morning with a BIG pay it forward project in the community. We have teamed up with the Mayor and she has requested we "Paint the Parks". Hundreds of us will converge on the city parks and make them look amazing for the Community. We will also be doing an event called "Blanket the City" with the Roadhome Homeless She
These stories describe our journey with Ben, our oldest son. Ben is a sweet and energetic redhead, born with Rett Syndrome, a rare genetic mutation. My husband, Ryan, and I try to keep up with Ben and his two younger brothers. I intend to shed insight into raising a child with disabilities and pass on the wisdom we’ve earned over the past two decades.