by April Brownlee | Jul 10, 2013 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
5 Tips for Making Special Needs Decisions, Pt. 1 Decision-making is part and parcel of parenting kids with special needs. Guest blogger April Brownlee is here with Part 1 of a 2 part series about how to handle those difficult decisions. Today, she shares the the first...
by Scott Newport | Jan 10, 2013 | Grief, Spiritual Support
The Envelope: Video Edition The envelope? Huh? What envelope? The envelope guest blogger Scott Newport talked about way back in August in his post Redwood Love Notes at Summer Camp. Now do you remember? I’m talking about the envelope that held the love note...
by Scott Newport | Aug 5, 2012 | Grief, Spiritual Support
Grief and loss are emotions experienced daily by parents of kids with special needs. Those emotions can be difficult to share with parents whose kids are healthy and typical. Maybe that’s why parents like us bond deeply and find hope in our relationships with...
by Jolene | May 23, 2012 | Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
Many parents of kids with special needs don’t like to discuss milestones, because their children’s progress is slow and small. So they celebrate inchstones instead. Sometimes, when their kids do achieve a milestone, the parents aren’t quite sure how...
by Jolene | Dec 13, 2011 | Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
Guest blogger April Brownlee is back with another serious-but-funny look at life as the parent of a child with special needs. Today, she talks about the special needs parenting obsessions that constantly run through her head. See if what she has sounds familiar....
