by Jolene | Feb 11, 2015 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
A Prayer for Caregivers A prayer for caregivers? Parents to a child with special needs need them. So do parents of new babies, spouses caring for wives or husbands with disabilities, and adult children caring for aging parents. But unless friends, neighbors, and...
by Rebekah Benimoff | Feb 5, 2015 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Choosing to Draw Near When Crushed by Special Needs The past few months have been difficult for guest blogger Rebekah Benimoff. She’s here to explain what kept her from giving up when hope for her son with special needs was nearly gone. Choosing to Draw Near...
by Ami Hays | Jan 19, 2015 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
EA/TEF Awareness Month: Life Changes in a Moment January is EA/TEF Awareness Month, and today Different Dream is back with a second post from the parent of a child born with the congenital anomaly. Ami Hays is today’s guest blogger, here to tell you how the...
by Deborah Arrona | Jan 14, 2015 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
10 Friends All Special Needs Parents Want Today, Different Dream introduces guest blogger and Deborah Arrona. She’s mom to Aria, her daughter who has significant special needs because of premature birrth. Deborah and Different Dream’s Jolene Philo have...
by Rebekah Benimoff | Nov 12, 2014 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Special Needs Happiness for Parents Photo Credit: www.freedigitalphotos.net Special needs happiness is an elusive find for parents. Guest blogger Rebekah Benimoff, whose long ago desire was a happy life, never found the dream of her youth. But, as she shares in this...
by Jolene | Oct 23, 2014 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Inadequate, But Not Alone Photo Credit: Stuart Miles at www.freedigitalphotos.net Today, I feel inadequate. Not at all qualified to encourage parents to fight the isolation that threatens to engulf them.Not at all worthy to remind them they are not alone.Not at all an...