by Jolene | May 16, 2019 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Over the last 9 years, as we have lived as ex-pats in Abu Dhabi, I have often thought of the words of Alice in Wonderland, “Curiouser and curiouser.” Yes, Alice, I can relate. Like Wonderland, the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) is a place with many curiosities! One...
by Jolene | May 1, 2019 | Encouragement
Mike Krzyzeweski’s disability connection is more than a game, more than a photo op, more than a heartwarming story. I just heard a previously untold story about the compassion Duke’s head basketball coach has for people in the special needs and disability...
by Jolene | Apr 25, 2019 | Encouragement
Confessions of a special needs parent should be made once in a while and today is guest blogger Mark Arnold’s day to tell all. How many of these are true of you, too? Parents of children with special needs experience many highs and lows along their parenting...
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 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...
