by Jolene | May 23, 2013 | Holidays, Special Needs Parenting
How Can 31 Years Ago Seem Just Like Yesterday? Thirty-one years ago today, our first child was born at 12:35 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Like all mothers, I remember the details of that day at Lookout Memorial Hospital in Spearfish, South Dakota with perfect clarity....
by Jolene | Apr 25, 2013 | Grief, Spiritual Support
The Place Where Grief and Joy Meet Ā Our son a few hours after he was born. When our first grandson was born six months ago, I expected joy, and it was there.I expected to love him at first sight, and I did.I expected to cry tears of happiness, and they came.Every...
by Jolene | Apr 4, 2013 | Grief, Spiritual Support
Special Needs Advocacy, Grief, and Faith Advocacy, grief, and faith are topics parents of kids with special needs grapple with every day. Recently, Gloria Perez-Stewart of GPS Advocacy (now GPS Law) and I talked about those topics, and more, for her BlogTalk Radio...
by Jolene | Jan 31, 2013 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
An EA/TEF Top Ten List: 30 Years Later EA/TEF Awareness Month 2013 ends today. Thirty years ago, our baby boy, born with EA/TEF was about eight months old, slowly gaining ground in his fight to stay alive. In yesterday’s post Christine Lester highlighted ten...
by Jolene | Oct 18, 2012 | Books and Resources, Spiritual Support
Infant loss and miscarriage may seem like an unusual topic to address on a special needs parenting website. But many of these infants are diagnosed with special needs in utero. Teske Drake, author of Hope for Today, Promises for Tomorrow: Finding Light Beyond the...