By Janis Fontaine, Special to The Palm Beach Post 7:25 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015 Craig Lamb wasn’t going to throw his annual barbecue reunion and charity fundraiser this year. He’s in the middle of moving to Okeechobee to be closer to his elderly father. Then Roy Wilson, a hardworking volunteer from past reunions, called…
By Jan Tuckwood, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer 3:57 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 Mahniya Humphrey came into this world seven months ago with challenges. She had “aqueductal stenosis,” a blockage in her brain between two ventricles. Fluid compressed her brain, taking up most of her skull and pressing her brain into a small sliver…
Her name means “beautiful blessing” in Hawaiian: Mahniya, pronounced mah-NEEyah, so lovely and special and meaningful. So fitting, her mother says, because Mahniya Humphrey came into this world seven months ago with extraordinary challenges. Steve and Nicole Humphrey with their twins Mahniya and E.J. Contributed She and her twin brother, Elias Jackson, were born at…
By Jan Tuckwood, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Craig Lamb grew up in Lantana in the ’60s, and he knows what it’s like to depend on his friends. Born with scoliosis, Lamb spent much of his sophomore year at Lake Worth High School in a full body cast. His pals helped him then. And when…