by Jenn Soehnlin | Apr 18, 2019 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
How to find joy in every season of the special needs parenting journey is a challenge for all of us. Different Dream guest blogger, Jenn Soehnlin encourages parents to intentionally seek and find joy even with the hard bits of parenting all around. How to Find Joy in...
by Marnie Witters | Mar 21, 2019 | Special Needs Ministry
“Dream a new special needs ministry dream.” Guest blogger Marnie Witters heard God whisper those words to her at a recent conference she attended. Today’s post is filled with practical take aways she hopes will make her dream a reality. “You...
by Jolene | Feb 20, 2019 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
The polar vortex and gratitude. I never thought of pairing the two until the great polar vortex of January 2019. Even I have lived through plenty of what we called “cold snaps” until the 24/7 news cycle invented a more alarming term. I was 9 in 1965, the...
by Jolene | Jan 24, 2019 | Encouragement
What it is like to parent a child born with EA/TEF is unimaginable to most people. As part of Different Dream’s annual observance of EA/TEF Awareness Month, guest blogger Danielle Drummond tells what the experience has been like for her family. What It Is Like...
by Jolene | Jan 23, 2019 | Encouragement
My best advice for new parents of EA/TEF babies has had plenty of time to percolate. It’s been brewing since 1982 when our first child received his diagnosis 12 hours after his birth. Until our son’s health stabilized, my husband and I longed to meet other...
by Jen Cheney | Jan 17, 2019 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
An esophageal atresia story was not when Jen Cheney and her husband Will expected when they learned they would soon be a family of 3. For EA/TEF Awareness Month, 2019 Jen shares about what life has been like for them since the birth of Jack in May of 2018. Hang on for...
