by Jolene | Sep 26, 2022 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
The Beauty of Disability Our pastor was introducing a new sermon series about beauty when these four words, which I had never strung together before, which I did not want to string together, took up residence in my brain. My response was swift and prickly. The beauty...
by Laura Spiegel | Sep 20, 2022 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
A Course on Self-Compassion Showed Me that I Am Enough A course on self-compassion showed guest blogger Laura Spiegel that she was doing enough for her daughter who lives with special needs. In this post, she describes how the course helped her come to that...
by Kristin Faith Evans | Sep 14, 2022 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
The Blessings of Caregiving The blessings of caregiving may not be readily apparent to families raising children with special needs and disabilities. Kristin Evans, a Different Dream guest blogger and mother of two amazing kids, describes the blessings her family...
by Heather Braucher | Sep 7, 2022 | Encouragement, Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
We Are FOR Parents and Children We are for parents and children with special needs and disabilities here at Different Dream. Therefore, I am delighted to introduce you to new guest blogger Heather Braucher. Today she begins her five part I Am FOR You series. In it...
by Jolene | Aug 22, 2022 | Encouragement, Grief, Special Needs Parenting
What Will Go Wrong Next? What will go wrong next? When our family gathers around the dinner table each evening this summer, that question pops up at some point in every conversation. Here’s why we keep asking it: In June I went to the doctor with throbbing...
by Jolene | Aug 10, 2022 | Encouragement, How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
My 4 Tips for Surviving a Special Needs Train Wreck My 4 tips for surviving a special needs train wreck became part of my life decades ago. Our son, who’d had major corrective surgery at birth, was thriving. Or so we thought. Then he pulled away one night while I...
