Karl Sherrill

And so I came up with an idea probably four or five years ago about how do I get the message out about what I and my family went through in helping my son

to be successful, be happy, and be healthy, even though he's facing health situations that are out of his control.

And so what really came to me, there were a number of people along that journey who, at moments in time, at the exact right time when needed, were the one person that showed up in that moment.

And as I look back on our journey through there, there's always been this moment where a person showed up.

And because that one person took interest to make a difference and have an impact, it significantly changed the path that we would have been on.

And so as that began to happen, and as I look back at that journey, I started to think about, there's so many people out there.

So for example, teachers don't know how to deal with this.

And they, listen, they haven't been trained properly.

There's a whole thing to this.

I'm not saying that at all.

And I've got a long line of educators in my family.

I teach as well.

So it's nothing about that.

It's just that when you're dealing with something like he was dealing with that's not evident.

And the other thing is, played sports, great football player, student body president, great student, smart kid, super smart kid.

So from the outside, everybody loved being around him.

So from the outside to a teacher, to people around him, they had no idea the struggle that he was having.

And so when we finally talked to some people and they realized it, you had a couple different reactions to this.

And I think this happens, and this happens professionally too, by the way, but in this situation, this was the genesis, is that

There were the group that would think, well, I don't know if I believe all this.