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Every Season Has Its Challenges and Joys

Every Season Has Its Challenges and Joys

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...
We are Not Enough for our Kids with Disabilities

We are Not Enough for our Kids with Disabilities

by Heather Braucher | Oct 4, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support

We are Not Enough for our Kids with Disabilities We are not enough for our kids with disabilities. As parents, we know this to be true. Though we do our best, we are not enough. Guest blogger Heather Braucher points us to the encouragement we need and to the one who...
Why Did this Happen to My Child?

Why Did this Happen to My Child?

by Kelly Simpson | Sep 20, 2023 | Encouragement, Grief, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support

Why Did this Happen to My Child? “Why did this happen to my child?” is one of the first questions that comes to mind when hard things happen to our kids. Guest blogger Kelly Simpson explains what she has learned from posing that question as the parent of a child with...
Fighting Weariness at the Start of the School Year

Fighting Weariness at the Start of the School Year

by Lisa Pelissier | Sep 13, 2023 | Encouragement, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support

Fighting Weariness at the Start of the School Year Fighting weariness as a new special needs homeschool year begins makes the whole endeavor feel impossible. That sensation is dragging down guest blogger Lisa Pelissier as she helps her daughters deal with unexpected...
Looking for Lessons after Hard Times

Looking for Lessons after Hard Times

by Janae Copeland | Aug 2, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support

Looking for Lessons after Hard Times Looking for lessons after hard times is not what blogger Janae Copeland thought she would be doing this summer. Not after the increasingly good health her daughter Clark had been enjoying for several years. Yet, Janae has found...
Be Encouraged, Special Needs Parent. God has a Word for You.

Be Encouraged, Special Needs Parent. God has a Word for You.

by Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick | Jun 14, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support

Be Encouraged, Special Needs Parent. God has a Word for You. Be encouraged, special needs parent! Guest blogger and special needs parent Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick is here again. In this post she shares words God has used to encourage her as she cares for her son with...
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Jolene Philo is a published author, speaker, wife, and mother of a son with special needs.

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