by Sarah Walton | Nov 8, 2017 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Hope When It Hurts Hope when it hurts. Guest blogger Sarah Walton has learned where to find hope when it hurts, when she and her children are overwhelmed by what Lyme Disease has done to her family. Please welcome Sarah as she debuts as a Different Dream guest...
by Jolene | Oct 23, 2017 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Just As I Am I was not a fan of Billy Graham as a child. My dislike had nothing to do with him or his message. Rather, it had everything to do with the disruption his televised crusades brought to our family’s TV viewing schedule. Mom, a school teacher who...
by Jolene | Sep 27, 2017 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
The Caregiver’s Treasure This morning, in the chilly half dark, I passed the houses along the route that leads to my favorite path. The acrid odor of burning electrical wires grew strong when I neared a ramshackle, uninhabited house that is the neighborhood...
by Jolene | Sep 25, 2017 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
How’s Special Needs Parenting Working for You? In May of 2016, our daughter, her husband, and their one-year-old son moved in with my husband and me. Not for a few weeks or months until they found their own place to live. But permanently. Forever. As in, we are...
by Maggi Gale | Sep 13, 2017 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
What Can You Say When There Are No Words? Guest blogger Maggi Gale shares a poignant moment from this past summer’s holiday break. She’s here to answer a question almost all parents of children with special needs encounters at some point as they rub elbows with other...
by Scott Newport | Aug 30, 2017 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Going Through the Grits of Special Needs Parenting Guest blogger Scott Newport is a carpenter and a craftsman. He’s also a dad of a child with special needs. Today he’s sharing his thoughts about going through the grits makes these two very different roles...
