by Jolene | Jan 5, 2010 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
About a month ago, the mother of Parker, a little boy with special medical needs, described an organization she called “the special needs underground.” Praying for Parker Tammy, Parker’s mom, blogs about parenting at Praying for Parker: Raising a...
by Jolene | Nov 11, 2009 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
Recently, I spoke to a Mothers of Pre-Schoolers (MOPS) group about ten things they can do to help families with critically or chronically ill children. Number ten was coordinating the volunteers who want to provide meals. A Better Way After the program, one of the...
by Jolene | Sep 28, 2009 | Books and Resources, Special Needs Parenting
The other day I was exercising, trying to distract myself by listening to one of my favorite radio shows, Splendid Table with Lynne Rossetto Kasper. It wasn’t working. Enter J. J. Goode But when her guest, food writer J.J. Goode, read his essay about...