by Jolene | Dec 23, 2016 | Holidays, Special Needs Parenting
Unexpected Traditions and the True Meaning of Christmas A year ago, my left hand was in a cast to recover from surgery to reconnect the thumb tendon I’d severed in a kitchen accident. A back injury had incapacitated my man-of-steel husband. As a result, we...
by Stephanie Ballard | Dec 22, 2016 | Holidays, Special Needs Parenting
Loved Beyond All Measure Loved beyond all measure. That’s how guest blogger Stephanie Ballard felt about the dolls she received each Christmas. Much as she loved them, caring for those childhood dolls didn’t prepare her for the challenges of caring for her...
by Karen Whiting | Nov 2, 2016 | Holidays, How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
How To Create a Special Needs Advent Celebration Welcome to guest blogger Karen Whiting, author of Christmas Is Coming, but Waiting Is Hard, a book about celebrating Advent with kids. She’s here with some ideas about how to create a special needs advent...
by Stephanie Ballard | Dec 30, 2015 | Holidays, Special Needs Parenting
The Angels Stood By Christmas 2015 is now a memory, but guest blogger Steph Ballard is here with a poem that reminds parents that their kids with special needs are gifts they can see every day. If you’re a Steph Ballard fan, you know this poem comes with a...
by Jolene | Dec 24, 2015 | Holidays, Special Needs Parenting
Unto Us a Child Is Born For the first time in many years, my husband and I are greeting the coming of the Christ Child in the presence of a baby. Our sweet grandson is almost 10 months old, and we are oohing and aahing over every new task he masters....
