by Heather Johnson | May 9, 2018 | Holidays, Special Needs Parenting
Loving and Forgiving our Mothers this Mother’s Day Different Dream welcomes Heather Johnson, a new guest blogger, this week. Heather’s story about the importance of loving and forgiving our mothers is timely as Mother’s Day approaches, and it comes...
by Rebekah Benimoff | Feb 1, 2017 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Caregiving Complications and Light Guest blogger Rebekah Benimoff has experienced her share of caregiving complications as she watches over a son with diabetes and her military veteran husband who lives with PTSD. Today, she shares what she’s learned about where...
by Gillian Marchenko | Oct 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression Different Dream welcomes the author of Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression as today’s guest blogger. Gillian Marchenko is mom to 4 daughters, two of whom live with special needs. She’s...
by Jolene | Jun 25, 2015 | In Children, PTSD
Shouting PTSD Awareness from the Mountaintop In the small midwestern town where I grew up during the 1960s, the words cancer, pregnant, divorce, sex, and mental illness were always spoken in whispers, accompanied by dark looks, furtive glances, and the covering of...
by Jolene | Feb 25, 2013 | Books and Resources, PTSD
Childhood Depression: What Are the Signs? Childhood depression is a real and growing concern in modern culture. As parents, we sometimes ignore signs of depression in our kids because we don’t want to believe mental illness can affect them. But rates of...