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Not Alone: Special-Needs Parenting

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February 2019

February 28, 2019

Waiting to Exhale: Creating Space to De-Stress

The pace of life in 2019 doesn’t leave much room to breathe. And true confession:...

February 21, 2019

Best Practices of Refreshed Special Needs Moms

I like to feel rested. My most satisfying days end with projects checked off my...

February 14, 2019

I Am M.O.M: The Best Qualified Advocate for My Son

I’d just walked out the door from the latest appointment with yet another doctor, I’d...

February 07, 2019

4 Strategies to Create a Sense of Control for Kids with Special Needs

A sense of control is essential to kids. My grandson, who will soon turn 4...

January 2019

January 29, 2019

12 Things That Make Special Needs Families Different

As we start getting back to ‘normal’ (whatever that is), after the holidays, it’s a...

January 24, 2019

Work, Autism, and Snow Days

Everything was going smoothly. He was in a new classroom, and responding well to the...

January 17, 2019

Special-Needs Moms Are Not Supermoms

“I don’t know how you do it.” “I could never do what you do.” “God...

January 09, 2019

Something Is Wrong with Your Baby: 5 Things I Wish I’d Known

Something is wrong with your baby. I remember, as though it were yesterday and not...

January 01, 2019

Goal Setting for the Special-Needs Family

The start of a new year is one of my favorite seasons. I love blank...

December 2018

December 20, 2018

You Are Not Alone: Bonding with Other Special-Needs Parents

Acts 28:2 tells us that when Paul and his shipmates wrecked onto the shores of...

December 18, 2018

At Christmas Time, Jesus Took on the Disability of Humanity

He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation; for in...

December 13, 2018

Cling to Him for Life: Hope for Special-Needs Parents

We’re at that stage of parenting now where most of our children are in late...

December 11, 2018

Everything Has Changed: Life after Loss

"How are you?" No one really wants the answer to that question, at least the...

December 06, 2018

How To Demystify Special Needs at School

I am grateful to my colleagues who taught me how to demystify special needs at...

December 04, 2018

Will my child with disabilities be accepted?

I finally watched the movie "Wonder" and I may or have may not have cried....

November 2018

November 27, 2018

What Does the Future Look Like for My Son with Autism?

It was recently Red Ribbon week at the boys' school and each day had a...

November 20, 2018

Who I Wrote Unexpected Blessings for

Do you struggle to find hope in the reality of your day-to-day circumstances? When I...

November 13, 2018

Be Devoted to One Another in Love

Devoted… an important word, one which we often hear, and a word that we all probably...

November 08, 2018

5 More Strategies for Staying Connected to the Real World

Staying connected to the real world can be a challenge for caregivers, whether the loved...

November 06, 2018

Counting Grief as Joy

Count it all joy. That's what it says in James 1:2. But what about that part...

November 01, 2018

Special-Needs Parent: Who Is Your Tribe?

It was 2012, South Sudan (a country in Africa) was only a year old at...

October 2018

October 30, 2018

4 keys to meeting your kid’s changing needs

One thing is true about parenting. We don’t know more than we know. Think about...

October 24, 2018

Are Special-Needs Parents Actually Happy?

We recently got this comment on our Facebook page: This is a VERY optimistic and...

October 18, 2018

Lord, Protect My Son’s Heart

Ryan was meeting a girl at a coffee shop. They had been communicating online and...

October 16, 2018

Grief When You Receive Another Diagnosis

I know this sounds shallow. I really can't believe that I am admitting this to...

October 11, 2018

Wounded and Doubting: How to Respond to Your Child’s Crisis of Faith

The words that Christian parents dread hearing just passed by my teenage daughter’s lips. “I...

October 09, 2018

Denial Over a Diagnosis

“My wife thinks our son has autism.” It was morning and I was sitting in...

October 04, 2018

5 Strategies for Staying Connected to the Real World

In the last four weeks, our family was hit by a series of health whammies....

October 02, 2018

When Autism Dads Get Off the Couch

People say ignorance is bliss. Sometimes it is, I suppose, but other times, it is...

September 2018

September 27, 2018

Autism, Family, and the Team Sport of Celebration

We see the posts every time we log on: “My daughter just made honor roll...

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