A Walk Beside Me

Deann and her husband, George, were making a life for themselves in their native Colorado, working hard to make ends meet and relishing the joys of having two children. But one of them, three-year-old Luke, was getting around slowly and still not walking. When they learned that he had Duchene muscular dystrophy, their lives were changed forever.

Doctors told the couple that their son would live until his late teens or early twenties, and while the news was devastating, their prayers to the ...