by Kristin Faith Evans | Sep 14, 2022 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
The Blessings of Caregiving The blessings of caregiving may not be readily apparent to families raising children with special needs and disabilities. Kristin Evans, a Different Dream guest blogger and mother of two amazing kids, describes the blessings her family...
by Heather Braucher | Sep 7, 2022 | Encouragement, Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
We Are FOR Parents and Children We are for parents and children with special needs and disabilities here at Different Dream. Therefore, I am delighted to introduce you to new guest blogger Heather Braucher. Today she begins her five part I Am FOR You series. In it...
by Jolene | Aug 22, 2022 | Encouragement, Grief, Special Needs Parenting
What Will Go Wrong Next? What will go wrong next? When our family gathers around the dinner table each evening this summer, that question pops up at some point in every conversation. Here’s why we keep asking it: In June I went to the doctor with throbbing...
by Jolene | Aug 10, 2022 | Encouragement, How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
My 4 Tips for Surviving a Special Needs Train Wreck My 4 tips for surviving a special needs train wreck became part of my life decades ago. Our son, who’d had major corrective surgery at birth, was thriving. Or so we thought. Then he pulled away one night while I...
by Laura Spiegel | Jul 20, 2022 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
A Caregiver Who Can Move Mountains A caregiver who can move mountains doesn’t appear on the scene fully formed. As guest blogger Laura Spiegel learned after her daughter was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, and as almost every parent raising a child with disabilities...
by Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick | Jun 22, 2022 | Encouragement, Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
Mindset Does Matter on This Special Needs Journey Mindset does matter on this special needs journey. Many years after her son’s diagnosis, guest blogger Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick discovered how choosing to change her mindset allowed her and her family to live more...
