Author: Lynnae Allred

Lion # 108 Three days after our son’s 7th birthday, he came home from school limping.  Drew never complained about it.  When asked what happened he explained he got hurt on the playground.  After...

Lion # 107 When Cody first arrived on this earth, he was a beautiful baby boy, but his lungs had extra fluids on them, so he spent the first few days of his life...

The Ryan’s Lion Organization works by helping those who are experiencing hard times to channel whatever they are feeling into positive emotions and actions. Here are few that we felt best explained the purpose...

Recently, I was invited to donate some more lions to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. Lori Buss, who manages parent support at the hospital has been my cheerleader and has provided lots of advice...

Lion 102 I lost my two-and-a-half year old son in a drowning accident, his name was Joshua Ryan. I wrote this poem shortly after his death: A Mother’s Grief Beautiful child so whole and...

Lion # 105 : KEBBE I left my husband in 1999. I hid in a motel with my three kids after telling him I was leaving, and my parents drove through the night to...

Lion # 104 (Humphery) Lion # 106 (Sam) We knew Sam was a fighter long before he was born.  We had many complications during his pregnancy – ones that could be life threatening to...

I am a mother of five children. We lost our first son when he was two-and-a-half in a drowning accident. Jessica is our middle daughter. At the age of 21 she was in a...

Lion # 100 A tiny baby boy by the name of Ryan was born several weeks early. Because of this, he had to travel to a big hospital where special doctors could fix his...