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Thank you for coming to visit Christopher's web page. Please take a moment to sign our guestbook. If you are a parent with a child that has lissencephaly, feel free to leave your contact information, as we would love to chat. If you are a parent whose child has just been diagnosed with any type of lissencephaly, I can understand every emotion that you are going through. Although I don't have some issues that are so common with lissencephaly, I think we all share the common thread of creating new wishes and dreams for our children. I knew my life was going to change when I had a child, but no one could have prepared me for the magnitude of changes that have taken place. Although I sometimes worry about what the future holds, I am honored to be the voice for my son who cannot yet advocate for himself.
Christopher is special, but not because he is a child with a disability. He has the power to teach us so many things, if we are willing to listen. It took me a while to see that, and I will forever be grateful to him. For every tear I have shed over his condition, he has given me 100 more reasons to laugh and smile. I can honestly say that having Christopher in my life has made me a better person. I have surrounded myself with wonderful people that I probably would have never have known if it were not for this journey that we are on.

My purpose with this web page is to help others get to know Christopher a little better, to read something more positive than typical information about lissencephaly often found while searching, and to connect with other parents who have children with lissencephaly. Had Christopher not been born with lissencephaly, I never would have met some of the greatest people I have ever known. There is no parent that I admire more than the parents I have met at each Lissencephaly Conference I have had the pleasure to attend.