by Jolene | Apr 12, 2012 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Yesterday guest blogger Rebekah Benimoff shared her prayers during recent challenges associated with raising two boys with special needs. Her first prayers were for strength after being called for jury duty. In today’s post, she writes about finding strength and...
by Jolene | Apr 11, 2012 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
The task of raising a child with special needs is a series of ups and downs, hope and despair, joy and challenge. Guest blogger Rebekah Benimoff and her family recently went through a challenging time that left her praying for rest. A Special Needs Mom Prays for Rest,...
by Jolene | Feb 13, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
For about a year, I couldn’t figure out why people, when they learned I write about special needs, would ask, “Do you watch Parenthood?” “No,” I would tell them, “thanks to the government mandated the switch to bigger, better,...
by Jolene | Jun 6, 2011 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Once in a while, the parent of a child with special needs posts a column that hits the nail on the head. A piece published in the Orange County Register on May 14 did exactly that. Meet Jo Ashline The author is Jo Ashline, mother of Andrew, who has autism and is...
by Jolene | Feb 28, 2011 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Once in awhile, someone shares a tip so elegant and easy I wonder why it wasn’t invented sooner…like when my son was little. Katie Wetherbee and Meltdown Cards My friend Katie Wetherbee loves to talk about meltdown cards, which parents of kids with autism...