Cody’s Story: A Reason To Smile
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...
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What is a Ryan’s Lion?
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...
The Ryan’s Lion Organization teams up with the Utah Valley Healthcare Foundation
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...
Joshua’s Story – A Child in Response
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...
KEBBE’s Story – The Most Courageous Thing I Ever Did Was Hide
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...
Sam’s Story – Don’t Quit
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...
Jessica’s Story – Pray 4 Jessica
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...
Junior’s Story – It’s Not Easy to be the Mother of an Angel
In July of 2006, My husband and I discovered that we were pregnant hoping for a healthy baby after miscarrying 2 other pregnancies. Once we heard the heartbeat, we both took a huge...
Devin’s Story – The Boy With a Broken Heart
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...
Elle’s Story – Lion 110
Lion # 110 On Wednesday, August 30, 2006, our lives changed forever with the tragic loss of our beautiful 15-month-old daughter, Elle. I was hustling off to the kids’ soccer practice,...