Making Lemonade with Whit + Kels

Brooke talks with us today about her daughter Korrie who was diagnosed with a rare disease, Rett Syndrome. 

Rett Syndrome is a rare genetic mutation affecting the development of the brain.  Rett Syndrome is rarely inherited.  

Brooke tells us about the ups and downs of getting Korrie's diagnosis.  She gives us a little insight into their family dynamic and how special Korrie is.  

This is such an informative and beautiful episode.  We hope you enjoy it. 

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This week's guest, Mandi tells us about her son, Tate who passed away a couple of years ago.  Tate was a talented, smart, brave, and very busy boy who seemed to excel at many things in life.  Tate unfortunately left this world too soon, and Mandi does a beautiful job at sharing her experiences through the grief and mourning of her son.   

We love when you guys leave comments for our guests.  Thank you for listening to our episodes.  We love you guys! 

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This episode was such a great one to record because we learned so much from Aubrey.  Talk about a person who persevered through her set backs in life and continues to thrive.  

Aubrey has memories from back in Kindergarten where she experienced being kept in her classroom while the other kids went out for recess.  Her teacher was trying to get her to write her A's correctly, and Aubrey was trying so hard to do it "the right way".  Neither her nor her teacher realized that the reason Aubrey was struggling was because she was showing signs of dyslexia.  Now, Aubrey is a teacher who has so much empathy for her students.  She knows what it is like to struggle and shows her students so much love and compassion through teaching.  

This episode was so informative and Aubrey did such an amazing job at describing her life while living with dyslexia.  We loved recording with Aubrey and know that you'll enjoy this episode!

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Summer is our guest for this week's episode.  Summer's husband was snowmobiling, which he had been doing his whole life, when he was caught in an avalanche that took his life.  Summer walks us through that horrific day while describing her thoughts and feelings when she found out what had happened.

Summer lost her husband, and her 3 young children lost their father that day.  Because of the circumstances, Summer turned something horrific into helping others with education, resources and the correct gear to use and wear while snowmobiling.  She started a non-profit called the Adam Anderson Avalanche Project, where all proceeds will be used to provide free rentals of avalanche preparedness kits to snowmobilers in Island Park, Idaho.  You can find out more information here: https://www.adamandersen.org/?fbclid=PAAabSaUeewfykrTUIEoaljxJJaKPxCBpLVp1fQejTbs5B8xbUd8PYNgKizEg

Most recently Summer has started a podcast called, Find Me in the Daisies.  It is a podcast about finding joy in the journey.  We love that we get to share a small part of Summer and her story with all of you.  She is an incredible woman who is doing amazing things in spite of what lemons life has thrown her.  Make sure to check out her podcast and leave a sweet comment for Summer!

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You guys, we have such an amazing guest to share with you this week.  Karen tells us her story about her son Kyle passing away.  She walks us through what he was like growing up.  The trials he had gone through in life and what he had to overcome.  His love for football, and how much the game meant to him.  Karen tells us about the days leading up to Kyle's passing, and what life was like after.  

We loved hearing Karen talk about the amazing person that Kyle was and how he loved big, and lived big.  As Karen spoke about Kyle, you could feel the love that she had for him.  She was meant to tell his story, and we love that we get to share it with all of you.  

In honor of Kyle,
LOVE BIG
LIVE BIG
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This week we are dropping another episode from season 1.   We feel that we have so many important and amazing episodes, and we hope to bring in traffic through these re-releases.  So help us out and share Jordin'  episode, it is a powerful one!

XOXO - Whit + Kels

December 2018 changed Jordin's life forever. She was traveling with her daughter Lyla and her husband, Devin, to see some Christmas lights when a drowsy driver hit them. Unfortunately, Devin didn't make it, and Jordin has been living with grief ever since. Becoming a widow and a single mom at such a young age hasn't been easy, but Jordin has done an incredible job. She is strong, resilient, and has done everything she can to make sure Lyla will always know how much her daddy loves her. Thank you, Jordin, for telling us your story!

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Hey friends!  We have been talking about how we have so many good episodes from amazingly brave people and we have decided it is time to re-release a few!  

For this week's episode we are dropping Tessie's story from season 1!  If you missed her episode, or are new to this podcast, make sure to listen to this one!

Tessie is an incredible woman who tells us about the trials she has been through since becoming a wife and mom. Her husband, Zach went blind shortly after having their first child, and just as they were learning to navigate a new normal..the unthinkable happened.  At two years old, their son, Dakota, was in an accident and received a traumatic brain injury. Tessie tells us about the whole experience, and how their new normal, changed again. Tessie is the perfect example of someone that has endured everything life has thrown at her, and has made some pretty awesome lemonade out of her lemons. We are so glad we get to share her story, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

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We are so lucky to have Andrea come and talk to us about her liver transplant because April is Organ Donation Awareness month.  

Andrea tells her story so gracefully while sharing the highs and lows of needing an organ, and living with a transplant.  

Andrea works closely with Donor Connect in Utah.  Andrea and Whitney go speak with schools to teach children about the importance if being an Organ Donor. 

We loved having Andrea on this week's podcast and we hope you enjoy her episode!  

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Suzanne's episode is such a beautiful story.  You can feel the love that she has for her parents and she tells us about losing both of them within a few years of each other.  Suzanne's relationship that she had with her parents is one that many people dream of.  We love that we get to have her tell her story through our podcast.

Suzanne's father had a heart attack and while he was in the hospital recovering, her mother wasn't feeling very well and went into the doctor to see what was going on.  Her mother was then diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and passed away shortly after.  Her father went on to live a few more years before he passed away as well.  

Suzanne also went through more trauma while miscarrying her youngest baby and almost losing her life in the process.  From everything that she has endured she has also battled deep depression which led her to getting professional help.  She has been working very hard throughout the years to help heal herself through all of life's lemons.  

We loved speaking with Suzanne and really loved what she had to offer while telling her story.  We know that her story will resonate with others and be healing for people to hear.  Thank you for listening and make sure to leave a comment for Suzanne.

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Our guest on this weeks episode is Syna.  Syna tells us about her and her husbands journey through infertility and what eventually led them to the adoption of their son Mika.  She talks about the dead ends that they had to push through for Mika.  After adopting Mika and feeling like life couldn't get any better, Mika contracted botulism.  Syna does such a great job at telling her story and we are excited to share it with all of you.

Syna, her husband Joel, and Mika are looking to grow their family.  They are hoping to adopt again.  You can find out more about their journey through the links below.

Adoption Page
https://adoption.com/profiles/SynaHarris 

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/hoping.to.adopt.again/
https://www.instagram.com/synaharris/

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Joel.Syna.Mika/

YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@SynaHarris

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