By Lindsey James

 
Last year, my son, my sister and I attended our very first NFED Family Conference and what an incredible experience it was! I had many reasons for wanting to attend – I wanted to go and absorb as much information about HED as I possibly could. I also wanted my son to meet others like himself and make him aware that he is not alone. The conference was everything I had hoped for and so much more –  I was not prepared for it to be such an emotional experience. Meeting other NFED families seemed much more like becoming reacquainted with long lost cousins. We didn’t really know each other, but we weren’t exactly strangers and in just a matter of minutes it seemed as though we’d known each other forever.

For me, there is a great sense of family at the conference… a sense of belonging. Keegan also made a few new friends who he still talks about and loves looking at the photos that we took of them together. He also talks about a few of the young adults he met who made a big impression on him. For him to still be talking about the conference and the people he met nearly a year later, there’s no question that he felt the same sense of comfort and belonging. We can’t wait to go back and reconnect with everyone we met last year and make new friends as well!

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