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Impaled by a Xmas tree

As the sun started to set behind the yellow leaves of the trees, it cast a beautiful glow across the lake. It was the perfect place to get a photo of my boys, Aedeyn, 12, Lelyn, 10, and Deklyn, four.

‘Smile,’ I said, snapping a picture on my phone.

It was October this year and while my husband Ken, 38, was at work, the kids and I spent the afternoon riding around the state park on our six-seater all terrain vehicle (ATV).

Although Lelyn, who was born with a rare genetic condition called

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