by Heather Johnson | May 4, 2021 | Grief, Holidays
Making Every Day a Great Mother’s Day, Part 1 Making every day a great Mother’s Day seems like a long reach for many parents raising kids with special needs and disabilities. For guest blogger Heather Johnson, it’s a perspective born of loss, grief and love. In...
by Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick | Apr 28, 2021 | Advocacy, Self-Care and Stress
What if Denying Self-Care Is an Injustice to You and Your Family? What if denying self-care is an injustice to you and your family? Guest blogger Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick poses that question in today’s post. Her thought process is both convicting and empowering. As...
by Jolene | Apr 26, 2021 | Encouragement, Self-Care and Stress
Uncertainty and Lack of Control: What’s a Caregiver to Do? “I can’t.” I sat in my office one morning a few weeks ago and sobbed as my daughter rubbed my back. “I just can’t.” Only one of the vehicles needed for our family of 4...
by Jolene | Apr 15, 2021 | How-Tos, Self-Care and Stress
Aligning Priorities as Caregiving Demands Change Aligning priorities as caregiving demands change became part of my world in February. That’s when the residential facility where my mother lives reinstated room visits. Wahoo! After a year of staying home all day every...
by Jolene | Apr 1, 2021 | How-Tos
Ways to Speak Words of Affirmation and Quality Time to Kids with Special Needs Ways to speak words of affirmation and quality time to kids with special needs aren’t hard to cook up. Doing so requires three simple ingredients. The first is determining the child’s love...
by Julia Sansing | Mar 30, 2021 | Advocacy, Books and Resources
Friend in Me for Kids with Disabilities Friend in Me is a website that encourages friendships between kids with disabilities and neurotypical peers. It’s the brainchild of Julia and her brother Troy. In this guest post, Julia explains how Friend in Me came into being...