by Jolene | May 20, 2020 | Self-Care and Stress
Count Your Blessings: A Way To Stay Sane in a Crisis Count your blessings, name them one by one,Count your blessings, see what God has done! When I was much younger, I rolled my eyes every time we sang this hymn at church. To my mind, the lyrics touted a solution far...
by Jolene | May 7, 2020 | Holidays
The Coronavirus Mother’s Day Blues The coronavirus Mother’s Day blues have been dragging me down. As the holiday draws closer, the music gets louder and the lyrics get whinier. Don’t get me wrong. These blues aren’t for me. My husband and I live in a...
by Dan Vander Plaats | May 5, 2020 | Advocacy
Changing Attitudes about Disability: A Road Map Changing Attitudes about Disability is a new book by today’s guest blogger Dan Vander Plaats. Read on to discover how a short conversation with a waitress motivated Dan to write the book and changed his own attitudes,...
by Jessica Temple | Apr 29, 2020 | Self-Care and Stress
Caregiver Self-Care on the Cheap for COVID and Beyond Caregiver self-care on the cheap sounds too good to be true. But new guest blogger Jessica Temple says it’s possible. As a neuropsychologist and mom of two children with special needs, she knows what...
by Jolene | Apr 27, 2020 | How-Tos
Spread good, not germs has become my rallying cry for the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak. You may be wondering what good you have to offer when your days have been devoted to caring for your child with special needs and disabilities for a good long time. As it...
by Jolene | Apr 23, 2020 | How-Tos
Turning Coronavirus Lemons Into Lemonade Turning coronavirus lemons into lemonade is no easy task. All over the globe too many are dying, hospitals and their workers are struggling, economies are faltering, incomes are shrinking, and people are trying to make sense of...
