by Danielle Drummond | Jan 24, 2019 | Encouragement
What It Is Like To Parent an EA/TEF Child 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...
by Jolene | Jan 23, 2019 | Encouragement
My Best Advice for New Parents of EA/TEF Babies 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...
by Jen Cheney | Jan 17, 2019 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
An Esophageal Atresia Story: Jack’s Journey 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...
by Stephanie McKeever | Nov 7, 2018 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
More Than Worried Join the Different Dream gang as we welcome new guest blogger, Stephanie McKeever today. She confesses she is often worried and more than worried about IEP meetings as a special needs mom. What she has to say may sound familiar to you, too. More Than...
by Jolene | Oct 22, 2018 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
When the Caregiving Hits Keep Coming What’s a person to do when the caregiving hits keep coming? Though I have decades of caregiving experience under my belt, I had to think hard to answer the question after my husband Hiram had hip replacement surgery in...
by Kimberly Drew | Oct 10, 2018 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Called to Serve Others the Way Jesus Did Guest blogger Kimberly Drew rediscovered the heart of what it means to be the parent of kids with special needs through a chance encounter at the store. It’s all about serving others the way Jesus did. Yesterday I stopped...