His story begins as so many others—in a broken family.

He is kind and gentle. He is wildly brilliant. He is authentic and brave and sometimes silly. He is labeled by the rest of the world as handicapped but his family and friends simply call him Gervens.

She is fourteen years old today. She is lovely and kind. She is helpful and gentle. She is generous and sweet. Sometimes, she is feisty. Sometimes, she can be harsh. And sometimes, she has the worst of all attitudes. But above all, she is beautiful. Her name is Kimberly and she has lived at Lighthouse since January 2010.

Anne Marie had long anticipated this day, the day we would visit her older sister, all of us together. She is wearing some of her best, a pretty white button-up blouse with tiny ruffles lining the sleeves and a pair of lavender jeans. I sense the excitement welling in her heart as we all set off down the road.