by Kelly Simpson | Jan 17, 2023 | Encouragement, How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
When Life Turns Out Differently Than You Had Planned When life turns out differently than you had planned, the first reaction may be fear or anger. Or a sense of being overwhelmed. Four years ago, guest blogger Kelly Simpson was completely overwhelmed when her husband...
by Ellen Elizabeth | Jan 11, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
This Is Our Normal “This is our normal,” Ellen Elizabeth says during the telling of her family’s EA/TEF story. What you are about to read can bring hope to families living through not only EA/TEF surgery and treatment, but also struggling with infertility and...
by Jolene | Jan 5, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
EA/TEF Awareness Month 2023 EA/TEF Awareness Month begins each year as soon as the ball drops at Times Square. Different Dream is celebrating awareness month by featuring stories written by parents who are raising kids born with EA/TEF. Some are raising children who...
by Heather Braucher | Jan 4, 2023 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Jesus is FOR Caregiving Parents Jesus is FOR caregiving parents, but when parenting gets rough it’s easy to forget that truth. In the fifth and final post of Heather Braucher’s FOR series, she talks about how she finds assurance of Jesus’ presence when the lows of...
by Jolene | Dec 26, 2022 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
How Can I Be Grateful for Disability How can I be grateful for disability? The question seems ludicrous, even unfeeling, when I consider what my father, son, and now my mother experienced due to disability. So how is it, on this day after Christmas, I am grateful for...
by Mark Arnold | Dec 14, 2022 | Encouragement, Holidays, Uncategorized
How the Christmas Story is a Special Needs Story How the Christmas story is a special needs story is something guest blogger Mark Arnold is thinking about this time of year. What he has to say will help you see how Emmanuel, God with us, is with caregiving families in...
