by Jolene | Aug 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
I Need a Vacation from Vacation “I need a vacation from vacation,” I wanted to say soon after we came home after celebrating my husband’s retirement by traveling for most of July. The aftermath of being gone for so long was substantial– Catching up...
by Stephanie Ballard | Jun 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Mask Mandates Mask mandates has been tough, but for the special needs community, it’s nothing new. Today guest blogger Stephanie Ballard writes about a different kind of mask mandate she’s decided it’s time for her to end. “I’m sorry but I don’t feel safe taking care...
by Jolene | May 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
6 Caregiving Advocacy Tips I’m Learning All Over Again The 6 caregiving advocacy tips I’m learning all over again come with compliments from my mom. She’s 92 and still teaching me life lessons by the bucketful. She’s experienced some health challenges over the...
by Kristin Faith Evans | Apr 13, 2021 | Grief, Spiritual Support, Uncategorized
Learning to Embrace a Special Life Learning to embrace a special life as the parent of a child with a disability is a journey. New guest blogger, Kristin Faith Evans, describes the spiritual crisis that brought her to acceptance and shares 4 practices that bring her...
by Jolene | Sep 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Finding Grace in All the Wrong Places Finding grace in all the wrong places has long been the purview of parents raising children with disabilities. When COVID hit the truths we have lived since our kids’ diagnosis–there’s no instruction manual for our lives, neither...
by Mark Arnold | Sep 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Special Needs Lord’s Prayer The special needs Lord’s prayer came together for Mark Arnold on a Sunday morning when he attended virtual church with his son James. Here’s the fruit of his musings and his labor. As I watched church on Zoom Sunday morning,...
