by Lisa Pelissier | Feb 15, 2023 | Grief, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
Off the Beaten Path Guest blogger Lisa Pelissier relates her struggles with her children’s differences and wonders why it is so hard to accept life just as it is. I’m an experienced mom. I’ve been one for twenty-two years. I’m also experienced at parenting children...
by Jolene | Feb 8, 2023 | Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
The Days Are Long, but the Years Are Short “The days are long, but the years are short.” I repeat this phrase while I sit on the couch listening to my 7-year-old grandson read for a half hour every evening. Each time he turns a page, he says something like, “Wow,...
by Karena Skibinski | Jan 31, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
My Baby with EA/TEF Changed My Life in 5 Big Ways My baby with EA/TEF changed my life in big ways, says guest blogger Karena Skibinski. The same is true for any parent of a child born with EA/TEF. It’s the ways our babies change us that varies. You’ll discover how...
by Valeria Conshafter | Jan 25, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
God Authored our Disability Story God authored our disability story. It took a while for guest blogger Valeria Conshafter to say that about her daughter’s birth and EA/TEF diagnosis. In this post, she traces the journey from what she wanted her daughter’s story to be...
by Jolene | Jan 23, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
Raising a Child with Special Needs is Like Writing a Book “Raising a child with special needs is like writing a book,” I thought after emailing my completed manuscript to my editor recently. “During my pregnancy I had a vague outline of what...
by Jennifer Forman | Jan 19, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
Celebrate the EA/TEF Milestones, Especially the Doughnuts Celebrate the EA/TEF milestones. This is the advice guest blogger Jennifer Forman has for other EA/TEF parents. In today’s post she describes the journey her family has had with their now 4-year-old daughter...
