by Katharine and Jake Kaczmarowski | Jan 10, 2024 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, Uncategorized
Lessons from First Year EA/TEF Parents Today’s lessons from first year EA/TEF parents come from guest bloggers Katharine and Jake Kaczmarowski. As is often the case, their advice will benefit more than the EA/TEF crowd. It will resonate with parents of children with a...
by Jolene | Dec 27, 2023 | Grief, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
I Didn’t Want to Learn Hard Caregiving Lessons, but Now I’m Grateful I didn’t want to learn hard caregiving lessons in 2023. Mainly because I’m a big fan of easy. Hard? Not so much. Yet here I am waiting for 2023 to end—believe me, I’m ready to put it behind me—and at...
by Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick | Dec 20, 2023 | Encouragement, Holidays, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support, Uncategorized
An Unexpected Christmas Gift An unexpected Christmas gift was given to guest blogger Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick and her family more than 2 decades ago. Today she shares her reaction to the gift shortly after it was given and how she views it now. My son Myles got sick on...
by Kelly Simpson | Dec 6, 2023 | Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
Surrendering our Children with Disabilities to God Surrendering our children with disabilities to God can be challenging. It’s also crucial to future spiritual development in us and our children. Guest blogger Kelly Simpson explains what’s involved in our surrender...
by Jolene | Nov 27, 2023 | Encouragement, Grief, Spiritual Support
Practicing Gratitude in Hard Seasons Practicing gratitude in hard seasons can be, well, hard. That less-than-astounding conclusion seems obvious, but I don’t think about such things when life is good. Only when challenges slap me upside the head do I return to...
by Heather Braucher | Nov 15, 2023 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, The 5 Love Languages® for Special Needs Families
Therapy is Not a Child’s Love Language. Therapy is not a child’s love language. Guest blogger Heather Braucher discovered this during a therapy-intense season in the lives of her sons with special needs. In today’s post, she describes how a more laid-back season...