Carter Brooks McNabb

Carter Brooks
McNabb

Journal

About Carter

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November 11, 2002 - March 2, 2003

from a rare seizure disorder called Ohtahara Syndrome

A Message from Mom and Dad

There are no words that describe the pain of losing a child. As parents, we believe that our children will bury us, we cannot even comprehend the possibility that we will bury one of them. Just as our world changes with each birth of a child, so does it change with their death. We were forever changed by the brief life of our little boy.

In just a few short months, Carter was able to influence and teach us in a way that can never be measured. He is a mighty giant in our lives, who taught us that great things really do come in small packages.

We love our son. Our arms and hearts ache for him every second of the day. However, along with this pain comes the sweet knowledge that he lived and that he was and will forever be our amazing Little Man.

"They say that time in heaven
is like a 'blink of an eye' here on this earth.
Sometimes it helps to think of my child
running ahead of me
in a beautiful field of wild flowers and butterflies,
so happy and completely caught up in
what he is doing,
that by the time he turns around to see
if I'm behind him....
I will be."
Judy Bruner (In Memory of her precious Ashleigh)

Moments

A beautiful butterfly lights
beside us
like a sunbeam
And for a brief moment,
its glory
and beauty
belong to our world;
but then it flies on again.
Although we wish
it could have stayed,
we are so grateful
to have see it at all.

Author Unknown

Please visit the links above to learn more about Carter, about Ohtahara Syndrome and Early Myoclonic Encephalopathy.
To contact us, please use the e-mail link below. We would love to hear from you.
Eric and Mindy McNabb

Background Picture Courtesy
Greg Olsen Gallery

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