Ronan

Ronan I used to be happy, now I just have moments of happiness. I live for those moments because they remind me of the person I used to be. In those moments I feel like the happy Maya I was before cancer took away my son Ronan. My husband and I and our twin boys, Quinn and Liam miss Ronan so much. He was the funniest little guy and made us love harder than we had ever done before and we are so thankful to have had him in our lives. Ronan Sean Thompson was born on May 12, 2007. From the moment he was born, we knew that he was the missing piece to our family puzzle. He completed our family and we were happier than we had ever been before. He was such a beautiful little boy. Everyone was in awe of his beautiful big blue eyes and his amazing little personality. He made us laugh so much with his mischievous ways and his love of the Ninja Turtles. He would watch the Ninja Turtles everyday and he could watch the same episode over and over again. Every time it came on he would run for the broom stick (his ninja weapon) and start doing his ninja moves. Then he would plop on the couch with his brothers and you wouldn’t hear a peep out of him till the episodes were done. This was probably the only time no one heard a peep out of Ronan, as he’s usually a little ball of energy. I remember the sound of his bare feet down the hallway in the morning. He would wake up and start running towards the kitchen, as he knew I would be there. I miss the sound of those footsteps in the morning most of all.
Our perfect family changed on August of 2010. The boys and I were away on our annual trip to visit my parents in Washington. On this day we were having family photos taken on the cornfield like we usually do and I noticed that Ronan’s eyes looked a little “off’ or “lazy”. I brought it up to my family members and they didn’t think anything of it, so I let it go and just continued on with our day. He wasn’t acting any different than usual, so I told myself I had no reason to be