by Valeria Conshafter | Jan 25, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
God Authored our Disability Story God authored our disability story. It took a while for guest blogger Valeria Conshafter to say that about her daughter’s birth and EA/TEF diagnosis. In this post, she traces the journey from what she wanted her daughter’s story to be...
by Jolene | Jan 23, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
Raising a Child with Special Needs is Like Writing a Book “Raising a child with special needs is like writing a book,” I thought after emailing my completed manuscript to my editor recently. “During my pregnancy I had a vague outline of what...
by Jennifer Forman | Jan 19, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
Celebrate the EA/TEF Milestones, Especially the Doughnuts Celebrate the EA/TEF milestones. This is the advice guest blogger Jennifer Forman has for other EA/TEF parents. In today’s post she describes the journey her family has had with their now 4-year-old daughter...
by Kelly Simpson | Jan 17, 2023 | Encouragement, How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
When Life Turns Out Differently Than You Had Planned When life turns out differently than you had planned, the first reaction may be fear or anger. Or a sense of being overwhelmed. Four years ago, guest blogger Kelly Simpson was completely overwhelmed when her husband...
by Ellen Elizabeth | Jan 11, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
This Is Our Normal “This is our normal,” Ellen Elizabeth says during the telling of her family’s EA/TEF story. What you are about to read can bring hope to families living through not only EA/TEF surgery and treatment, but also struggling with infertility and...
by Jolene | Jan 5, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
EA/TEF Awareness Month 2023 EA/TEF Awareness Month begins each year as soon as the ball drops at Times Square. Different Dream is celebrating awareness month by featuring stories written by parents who are raising kids born with EA/TEF. Some are raising children who...
