by Jolene | Dec 23, 2016 | Holidays, Special Needs Parenting
Unexpected Traditions and the True Meaning of Christmas A year ago, my left hand was in a cast to recover from surgery to reconnect the thumb tendon I’d severed in a kitchen accident. A back injury had incapacitated my man-of-steel husband. As a result, we...
by Stephanie Ballard | Dec 22, 2016 | Holidays, Special Needs Parenting
Loved Beyond All Measure Loved beyond all measure. That’s how guest blogger Stephanie Ballard felt about the dolls she received each Christmas. Much as she loved them, caring for those childhood dolls didn’t prepare her for the challenges of caring for her...
by Kimberly Drew | Dec 21, 2016 | Holidays, Special Needs Parenting
He Has Come: When the Divine Meets Diagnosis Guest blogger Kimberly Drew and her husband found their faith tested when their new daughter received a life-changing diagnosis. In this post, she explains how her struggles during this Christmas season led her to a place...
by Barb Dittrich | Nov 10, 2016 | Holidays, Special Needs Parenting
4 Ways to Hunker Down for a Special Needs Holiday, Part 2 Would you like to hunker down for the holidays with your family this year? Barb Dittrich, Founder and CEO of Snappin’ Ministries and mom of 3 kids with special needs, has discovered several ways to make...
by Barb Dittrich | Nov 9, 2016 | Holidays, Special Needs Parenting
4 Ways to Hunker Down for a Special Needs Holiday, Part 1 Do you want to hunker down for the holidays with your family this year? Barb Dittrich, Founder and CEO of Snappin’ Ministries and mom of 3 kids with special needs, has discovered several ways to make that...
by Karen Whiting | Nov 2, 2016 | Holidays, How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
How To Create a Special Needs Advent Celebration Welcome to guest blogger Karen Whiting, author of Christmas Is Coming, but Waiting Is Hard, a book about celebrating Advent with kids. She’s here with some ideas about how to create a special needs advent...