On many Sundays, Corey Hatfield sent her family ahead into church while she lingered outside with her autistic son Grayson — trying to decide if he would scream or run the second they entered the ...
Ziva Mann remembers how joyful and smiley her daughter was as a child — the family even gave her the nickname “Giggles.” “She was just sunshine,” Mann said. That changed around second grade, when her ...
In Greece, children receive gifts on New Year's Eve rather than Christmas Eve, and they are brought to them by Saint Basil ...
Some Orthodox families have faced a tougher process. Paneth recalled her son, before starting his transition around 2017, was deeply religious and they enjoyed sitting together at synagogue. “He tells ...