by Amy Felix | May 27, 2020 | Encouragement
God Will Always Be There to Bring You Home God will always be there to bring you home. Guest blogger Amy Felix wrote these words in a letter to her daughter who lives with autism. If you’re a caregiver, be assured that God will always be there to bring you home, and...
by Laura Spiegel | May 14, 2020 | Encouragement, Grief
5 Gifts Cystic Fibrosis Has Given Me 5 gifts cystic fibrosis has given me. Hmm. Can a parent raising a child with this condition (or any other) write those words and mean them? Guest blogger Laura Spiegel says yes, and in her post she traces the path that led her to...
by Mark Arnold | May 12, 2020 | Encouragement
Who Are You? A Biblical Answer Who are you? That’s a question we ask about our children, but perhaps more often about those with disabilities and special needs. Guest blogger Mark Arnold gives a hope-filled, biblical answer. How do we view children or young people...
by Kimberly Drew | Apr 21, 2020 | Encouragement
Sacred Story, Sacred Space Sacred story sacred space. This is a phrase friends and family need to remember when parents of children with a special needs or disabilities share their stories. Guest blogger Kimberly Drew explains why it’s important to give a parent’s...
by Jolene | Apr 9, 2020 | Encouragement
The Coronavirus Is Scary But I Have Hope The coronavirus is scary but so was the day the bottom dropped out of my parents’ world. They were both 29, parents of 5 and 2-year-old girls when the doctor diagnosed Dad with multiple sclerosis. My father was in the...
by Jolene | Mar 31, 2020 | Special Needs Ministry
Caregivers Fear the Future: 3 Ways to Walk Alongside Them Caregivers fear the future. I was 6 or 7 when I encountered this fear in the house where I grew up. If either my older sister or younger brother was sick, Mom would fold a white hankie into the shape of an...