by Jolene | Jan 22, 2024 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
Top Ten Perks of Raising a Child with Disabilities Raising kids with disabilities comes with its own set of challenges and reasons to be grateful. Because this is EA/TEF Awareness Month and our son was born with EA/TEF, my top ten perks of raising a child with...
by Kelly Simpson | Jan 17, 2024 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
An EA/TEF Update: Oliver’s Story An EA/TEF update on families who told their stories in previous EA/TEF Awareness Months means a lot to our community. Today, busy mom and guest blogger, Kelly Simpson is back with an update on her son Oliver, whom readers met during...
by Katharine and Jake Kaczmarowski | Jan 10, 2024 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, Uncategorized
Lessons from First Year EA/TEF Parents Today’s lessons from first year EA/TEF parents come from guest bloggers Katharine and Jake Kaczmarowski. As is often the case, their advice will benefit more than the EA/TEF crowd. It will resonate with parents of children with a...
by Jolene | Jan 3, 2024 | Special Needs Parenting
EA/TEF Awareness Month 2024 EA/TEF Awareness Month, 2024 is here. Once again Different Dream is raising awareness by featuring stories written by or about families impacted by EA/TEF. Some parents are telling their child’s story for the first time. Others are...
by Jolene | Dec 27, 2023 | Grief, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
I Didn’t Want to Learn Hard Caregiving Lessons, but Now I’m Grateful I didn’t want to learn hard caregiving lessons in 2023. Mainly because I’m a big fan of easy. Hard? Not so much. Yet here I am waiting for 2023 to end—believe me, I’m ready to put it behind me—and at...
by Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick | Dec 20, 2023 | Encouragement, Holidays, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support, Uncategorized
An Unexpected Christmas Gift An unexpected Christmas gift was given to guest blogger Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick and her family more than 2 decades ago. Today she shares her reaction to the gift shortly after it was given and how she views it now. My son Myles got sick on...
