Luminocities

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• by Merrill Moore

  For many years, Marlin Keesler worked too hard and spent way too many hours away from his family. He knew deep down that his children needed more time with their Daddy. When his son Austin turned 5 years old, Marlin and his wife felt that something just wasn’t normal with his development and knew they had to do something.

  Austin wasn’t communicating in full sentences, had problems with motor & social skills, and was at times oppositional. There would be 7 years of grief and frustration before he was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome - a high functioning form of Autism. That was in 1994, the very same year Marlin ran his first Marathon.

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