posted by Joe Polk at 11:46 AM /
Lisa Clay Styles planned princess birthday parties, made cakes with smiley faces and filled each weekend with activities and field trips for her three young children.
"Her sails were most full when she became a mother," said Brett Styles, her husband.
She would call in the middle of the day to tell him when one of their children accomplished something, even if it was a small thing. Not long ago, she called him to say that their son Nate, 3, who has autism spectrum disorder, was able to put his first two-word, simple sentence together: turn page. "She made every day like that," Mr. Styles said. "She looked at being a mother as these sequential triumphs, so excited about every single step."
Read more: www.post-gazette.com/pg/10182/1069562-122.stm
"Her sails were most full when she became a mother," said Brett Styles, her husband.
She would call in the middle of the day to tell him when one of their children accomplished something, even if it was a small thing. Not long ago, she called him to say that their son Nate, 3, who has autism spectrum disorder, was able to put his first two-word, simple sentence together: turn page. "She made every day like that," Mr. Styles said. "She looked at being a mother as these sequential triumphs, so excited about every single step."
Read more: www.post-gazette.com/pg/10182/1069562-122.stm
Labels: in memory of Lisa Styles
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