by Kelly Simpson | Jan 17, 2024 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
An EA/TEF Update: Oliver’s Story An EA/TEF update on families who told their stories in previous EA/TEF Awareness Months means a lot to our community. Today, busy mom and guest blogger, Kelly Simpson is back with an update on her son Oliver, whom readers met during...
by Katharine and Jake Kaczmarowski | Jan 10, 2024 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, Uncategorized
Lessons from First Year EA/TEF Parents Today’s lessons from first year EA/TEF parents come from guest bloggers Katharine and Jake Kaczmarowski. As is often the case, their advice will benefit more than the EA/TEF crowd. It will resonate with parents of children with a...
by Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick | Dec 20, 2023 | Encouragement, Holidays, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support, Uncategorized
An Unexpected Christmas Gift An unexpected Christmas gift was given to guest blogger Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick and her family more than 2 decades ago. Today she shares her reaction to the gift shortly after it was given and how she views it now. My son Myles got sick on...
by Jolene | Nov 27, 2023 | Encouragement, Grief, Spiritual Support
Practicing Gratitude in Hard Seasons Practicing gratitude in hard seasons can be, well, hard. That less-than-astounding conclusion seems obvious, but I don’t think about such things when life is good. Only when challenges slap me upside the head do I return to...
by Heather Braucher | Nov 15, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, The 5 Love Languages® for Special Needs Families
Therapy is Not a Child’s Love Language. Therapy is not a child’s love language. Guest blogger Heather Braucher discovered this during a therapy-intense season in the lives of her sons with special needs. In today’s post, she describes how a more laid-back season...
by Jolene | Nov 8, 2023 | Encouragement, Grief, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
Every Season Has Its Challenges and Joys Every season has its challenges and joys. God has been injecting that truth into my heart with particular intensity this week. I wish he would stop. He began this exercise in my character development with a pain in my left side...
