by Jolene | Oct 4, 2012 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Special needs parenting feels like a battle sometimes. Guest blogger Michelle Selent recently fought one of those battles and found victory by focusing on who rather than what. In today’s post, she explains what that means. Special Needs Battle: Who vs. What by...
by Jolene | Sep 18, 2012 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Friendship is a precious gift, something friendship maven and guest blogger Amy Stout knows is truth. Today she reflects upon a friendship that gave her strength as the parent of a child with special needs. Read and enjoy! Friendship Dance for Parents in a Special...
by Jolene | Sep 11, 2012 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Faith can be a hard thing to hang onto when raising kids with special needs. Today, new guest blogger Michelle Selent writes about recent adventures parenting two daughters with fetal alcohol syndrome that are making it hard for her to keep faith. Finding My Faith...
by Scott Newport | Aug 24, 2012 | Grief, Spiritual Support
Redwood, summer camp, and love notes don’t have anything in common. Unless you’re guest blogger and carpenter Scott Newport. Today, he shares the story of how he used salvaged redwood to stay close to his son Noah, who was at summer camp, and how...
by Jolene | Aug 23, 2012 | Grief, Spiritual Support
Adoption changes families in a myriad of ways. For the past two days, Sue Badeau has been sharing the story of how adopting 20 children. 3 of those children had terminal diagnoses, changed their family. In Part 1, you met Sue and her husband Hector and heard their...
by Jolene | Aug 22, 2012 | Grief, Spiritual Support
Adoption is a life-changing decision for every member of the family. Yesterday, in Part 1 of a series about adopting children with terminal illnesses, you met Hector and Sue Badeau. They have 2 birth children, 20 adopted children (that is not a typo), and 3 of those...