by Jolene | Nov 4, 2009 | Books and Resources, Spiritual Support
In Part 1 of this series, you met Julie Papievis, a woman who miraculously survived a near fatal brain stem injury. In that post she shared five positive ways her injury and recovery changed her. In Part 2 of the series, she shared seven valuable tips about how...
by Jolene | Nov 2, 2009 | Books and Resources, Spiritual Support
In the first post in this series, you read about Julie Papievis, a woman who survived and recovered from a severe brain stem injury. In that post, Julie shared five positive ways the accident changed her. In this one, she gives advice to parents of children with brain...
by Jolene | Oct 30, 2009 | Books and Resources, Spiritual Support
Julie Papievis was a dynamo before the car accident that changed her life. Now, more than a decade after her brain stem was so badly damaged the EMTs were sure she would die, she’s a dynamo again. In the months and years between her injury and recovery, which was...
by Jolene | Oct 11, 2009 | Books and Resources, Spiritual Support
A few weeks ago Lisa Copen, founder of Rest Ministries, a website for chronically ill adults, asked me to participate in her Invisible Illness Week Web Seminar. She wanted me to encourage chronically ill parents who have special needs kids. I felt a little funny...
by Jolene | Oct 3, 2009 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
In the two previous posts in this series, I shared six commonalities observed in parents who live triumphantly with special needs kids. Today the last three ways will be discussed. As was mentioned before, don’t try to implement all of them at once. Select one, work...