Wendy Gilker talks about the joys of raising her gifted daughter, Bree, and the lessons that that has taught her in life. Wendy was born in New Carlisle, Canada and now lives in New Hampshire. She went to Dawson College to get a degree in social science. After college, she lived in Laurentian Mountains working in alpine ski industry and ran her own ski school. She graduated from the Kushi Institutes in Macrobiotics in 1997 at the top of her class. Her first and only daughter, Bree, was born with WolfHirschhorn syndrome and she dedicated 37 years to raising and caretaking for Bree. In the last decade, Wendy began sharing her story on her YouTube channel. After Bree's passing, she wrote two books Swan and Bree's Way Cookbook which are both sold on Amazon. Her goal is to bring insight and knowledge to the general public on the gifts of our forgotten and ignored special needs and elderly populations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx