by Laura Spiegel | May 14, 2020 | Encouragement, Grief
5 Gifts Cystic Fibrosis Has Given Me 5 gifts cystic fibrosis has given me. Hmm. Can a parent raising a child with this condition (or any other) write those words and mean them? Guest blogger Laura Spiegel says yes, and in her post she traces the path that led her to...
by Jolene | Mar 31, 2020 | Special Needs Ministry
Caregivers Fear the Future: 3 Ways to Walk Alongside Them Caregivers fear the future. I was 6 or 7 when I encountered this fear in the house where I grew up. If either my older sister or younger brother was sick, Mom would fold a white hankie into the shape of an...
by Emily Duckworth | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Emotions of an EA/TEF Parenting Life The emotions of an EA/TEF parenting life run a gambit of emotions. Emily Duckworth, today’s EA/TEF Awareness Month guest blogger describes how she hangs onto hope when despair creeps in. Here we go again. Yet another no...
by Jolene | Sep 25, 2019 | The 5 Love Languages® for Special Needs Families
Lightbulb Moments Lightbulb moments have been few and far between in my life. My most amazing one came about in January of 2017 when a friend sent an email. “Hey Jolene, when are you going to write the special needs version of the love languages book?” She...
by Jolene | Aug 26, 2019 | The 5 Love Languages® for Special Needs Families
The Transforming Power of Kindness The transforming power of kindness began whispering to me when I sat across the table from a classmate at our 45th high school reunion. Not the classmate who led me to apologize for my short career as a mean girl in elementary...
