by Kristin Faith Evans | Jul 22, 2021 | How-Tos
Discovering the Gift of Simple Moments: Ways to Create Special Family Memories Discovering the gift of simple moments while raising kids with special needs requires a new set of eyes. Kristin Faith Evans is learning to capture those moments and share them with her...
by Jolene | Dec 14, 2016 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Downsizing for Christmas Downsizing for Christmas When my husband and I bought the old farmhouse we’ve lived in for 25 years, we were charmed by its ample storage space. But now that we’re downsizing and moving, the treasures and mementos accumulated in the...
by Jolene | Nov 19, 2014 | Holidays, Special Needs Parenting
Happy Thanksgiving, Little Town on the Prairie Main Street of my little town on the prairie: Camp Crook, South Dakota in 2007 My husband and I weren’t looking forward to our first Thanksgiving as parents of a baby with special needs. The little town on the...
by Jolene | Sep 26, 2013 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
This week I’m visiting the vast, remote South Dakota country where we lived when our son was born. I’m driving on roads that look like they stretch out forever over miles and miles of short grass prairie in a county with more pronghorn antelope than people...
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....
