With Mickey Mouse Clubhouse blaring on the TV, Debra Karels could often be found dancing with her ‘three little angels’.
Incredibly close, Bryant, five, Cassidy, three, and Gideon, two, would always be found twirling together in their Illinois home.
And for Debra and her husband Jason, they loved seeing their kids happy and would often join in to dance with them.
Like most siblings, the three all had very different personalities – Bryant was on the cusp of starting kindergarten but was clever beyond his years. Curious and bright, he wanted to fly to the moon one day – he was going to be an astronaut.
Cassidy was her mother’s minilike most little girls, she could have a temper at times. But Debra knew that meant her brothers would always be safe, with their sister to stick up for them.