by Jolene | Sep 3, 2020 | Holidays
We’re Cooking Up a Happy Pandemic Birthday We’re cooking up a happy pandemic birthday for my mom who turns 92 years old today. Her residential care facility has been closed to visitors since March, so a big birthday bash is out of the question. Even so we’re cooking...
by Mary Potter Kenyon | Sep 1, 2020 | Books and Resources
Called To Be Creative: How To Ignite Your Creativity Called To Be Creative, Mary Kenyon Potter’s latest book speaks directly into the hearts of caregiving parents. Though none of her eight children have special needs and disabilities, she knows what it means to be...
by Arielle Hobbs | Aug 26, 2020 | Advocacy, Books and Resources
Sully the Raccoon Hosts a Book Give Away! Different Dream is pleased to welcome author Arielle Hobbs as today’s guest blogger. Her children’s story Sully the Raccoon was released in July. Read on to find out how the life of her son Sully gave birth to the book and how...
by Amanda Devereaux | Aug 6, 2020 | Books and Resources
The Real Story of Pregnancy and CMV The real story of pregnancy and CMV needs to be told often and well. Today guest blogger Amanda Devereaux is here to tell you the story of how Cytomegalovirus (CMV) affects her family and how to avoid passing it on to an unborn...
by Jessica Temple | Jul 30, 2020 | Self-Care and Stress
Combatting Compassion Fatigue: Easy and Effective Strategies, Part 3 Combatting compassion fatigue requires time and efforts, commodities often in short supply for parents raising children with significant disabilities and special needs. In this series Jessica Temple,...
by Jolene | Jul 27, 2020 | Holidays
Birthdays and Disabilities Are Like Cake and Ice Cream Birthdays and disabilities are like cake and ice cream for my family. We can’t have one without the other. For many years I didn’t appreciate this truth. Now I do. Today is my birthday again, and I’ll welcome joy...
