by Jolene | Apr 26, 2012 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Last weekend, McClean Bible Church in the Washington, DC area held its annual Accessibility Summit. The conference reaches out to the special needs community – families, professionals, and ministries. Last December my proposed topic, Managing Your Time Without...
by Jolene | Oct 15, 2010 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
The other day my blender died. More specifically, the teeth on the little, exposed gear thingy that twirls the blender blade died. A decade ago, it would have been easier to buy a new blender than order a new part. But now, thanks to Google, it took my husband five...
by Jolene | Aug 17, 2010 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
In one of the meditations in A Different Dream for My Child, I shared the story of how my husband sat in the neonatal intensive care unit and stroked our son’s cheek for hours and days following his first surgery. Comfort in the Midst of Chaos In a recent...
by Jolene | Feb 1, 2010 | Books and Resources, Spiritual Support
Though I’m not a natural at Twitter (as compared to Facebook which is my kind of social networking), the service has been a great way to find other people who assist families of kids with special needs. Using the prescribed 140 characters or less, it recently...
