Stories/Essays: "I Love My Life": mbkenny02-01

Nancy Thielemier peeks in from behind a hallway while her son, Kenny Thielemier, 23, practices with Company d at Hope Presbyterian Church. Nancy and her husband Ken have worked since Kenny's birth to help him be independent. “The best advice we got was to not put any kind of limit on what he could or couldn’t do,” she said.

Nancy Thielemier peeks in from behind a hallway while her son, Kenny Thielemier, 23, practices with Company d at Hope Presbyterian Church. Nancy and her husband Ken have worked since Kenny's birth to help him be independent. “The best advice we got was to not put any kind of limit on what he could or couldn’t do,” she said.