by Kimberly Drew | Jan 13, 2022 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
Unhappy New Year Guest blogger Kimberly Drew brings perspective and help for weary caregivers. This new year is not ringing in so well for me. I would tell you about everything that has made this an unhappy new year thus far, but it would use up my whole...
by Jolene | Jan 4, 2022 | Encouragement, How-Tos, Uncategorized
EA/TEF Awareness Day 2022 is Here! EA/TEF Awareness Day 2022 has arrived. Usually Different Dream devotes all of January to EA/TEF Awareness Month. For over ten years, I have issued invitations on Facebook for parents and survivors to share their stories. In the past,...
by Laura Spiegel | Dec 7, 2021 | Spiritual Support, Uncategorized
Hospital Chaplains: Who Knew They Can Do So Much? Hospital chaplains provide valuable support when loved ones are dying. Guest blogger Laura Spiegel recently learned they can do much more. When you think of hospital chaplains, what comes to mind? A bearer of bad news?...
by Heather Johnson | Nov 17, 2021 | Encouragement, Grief
The Mountain of Special Needs Parenting The mountain of special needs parenting is similar to Heather Johnson’s summer hike in Glacier National Park. In today’s post, she shares three Bible verses that gave her family hope and increased her faith then and now. In...
by Jolene | Oct 25, 2021 | Encouragement, Grief
Is That Everything That’s Going to Happen? “Is that everything that’s going to happen in the next book?” The concept editor for my cozy mystery series, who happens to be my daughter, pointed to the short stack of notecards I’d set on the...
by Lisa Pelissier | Oct 19, 2021 | Encouragement
The Viewpoint of the Rock The viewpoint of the rock is one we don’t consider when watching a sculptor wield hammer and chisel. It’s a perspective guest blogger Lisa Pelissier has come to appreciate as God shapes her spirit while she cares for her children with special...