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 September 4, 2021 from Jenn:


I’ve been letting chris up day everyone just because it’s been so hard for me this past 2 weeks. I still feel like I’m in the middle of a nightwear and pray he would be coming home with a coke for mom any minute. Unfortunately time has stood still since August 21. The minute I saw his GPS stop moving on his 3 mile trip from work I had a mommy feeling something was wrong. I left to find him about 10 min after his phone stopped moving. What I ran up on will forever be burned in my memory. As will it be in julians. He remembers every about that night.
We spent a week at Richland and now we’ve been in shepherd center since Tuesday. We were moved out of ICU Thursday night and now it’s time to get this body moving. I’ve heard countless stories of miracles and I pray my sweet boy gets one as well. We have some down days and ups. It’s extra hard because we are also isolated from all our friends and family due to covid numbers on the rise. We have an army of family and friends for which I can not say enough about. The love that Julian has received has been astounding. I will never be able to say thank you enough. He feels the love and it’s one of the only things that will bring a smile to his face. So Julian and I will be here at shepherd for a while while Chris and the twins stay home ( with lots of help from family and friends).
Our address is
Shepherd spinal center
Attn; Julian Stanford rm 421
2020 Peachtree rd NW
Atlanta, Ga 30309
Our new home 😳
We can get cards and mail if anyone would like to send a pick me up to him.
Again THANK YOU for all the outpouring of love! It means ALOT to all of us


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