by Jolene | Oct 31, 2016 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
The Pressure Cooker Effect of Special Needs Parenting In May our daughter, her husband, and their fourteen-month-old moved into the upstairs of the roomy, old farmhouse where my husband and I live. With their arrival our quiet, empty nester lives were dramatically...
by Jolene | Sep 26, 2016 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
When You Know Too Much This summer our family embarked upon the grand adventure of multi-generational living. It began in May when our daughter, her husband, and their then 13-month-old son moved into our upstairs as they transition from starving graduate student...
by Jolene | Sep 21, 2016 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
When Bad News Does a Number on Your Faith After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.1 Peter 5:10–11 At her last visit to the dentist my...
by Jolene | Aug 4, 2016 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
The Best Special Needs Family Camps Ever…At Least Until Next Year This summer, I participated in two of the best special needs family camps ever…at least until next year rolls around. The first was held at Hidden Acres Christian Center in central Iowa. The...
by Kimberly Drew | Apr 27, 2016 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
The True Cost of Special Needs Motherhood Guest blogger Kimberly Drew and her family recently welcomed a new daughter into their family. Her arrival caused Kimberly to calculate the true cost of special needs motherhood. Read on to learn her answer. The True Cost of...
by Jolene | Apr 25, 2016 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
God Has a Purpose for this New Life My baby brother turns 57 today.He is my parents’ third child.Mom was shocked, rather than thrilled, to hear she was pregnant in the fall of 1958. And for several good reasons. Her husband had been diagnosed with multiple...
