by Jolene | Nov 18, 2015 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
6 Disability Lessons Learned from a Kitchen Knife About six weeks ago, the knife I was using to remove the label from a container slipped and severed the tendon in my left thumb. After waking up from repair surgery to a left hand swathed and immobile in a ginormous...
by Rebekah Benimoff | Oct 28, 2015 | Grief, Spiritual Support
Fighting Special Needs Parenting Fear Guest blogger Rebekah Benimoff is back with a post about fighting special needs parenting fear. The kind of fear that pounces in the middle of the night and catches us unaware. In the post she shares what she’s learned about...
by Dan Vander Plaats | Aug 5, 2015 | Special Needs Ministry, Spiritual Support
5 Tips to Help Create an Inclusive Church Community Different Dream is happy to introduce guest blogger Dan Vander Plaats to readers today. Dan works for Elim Christian Services in Palos Heights, Illinois, a ministry that exists to equip people who live with...
by Stephanie Ballard | Jun 24, 2015 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
God Kissed this Tiny Child Guest blogger, Stephanie Ballard offers up a new poem for parents of kids with special needs in today’s post. When I asked her where she came up with the idea, she said this: The first source was a poem by Erma Bombeck, in which God...
by Scott Newport | Jun 1, 2015 | Grief, Spiritual Support
A Gift of Grace: Paying It Forward Guest blogger and storyteller Scott Newport is here with the story of a gift of grace and paying it forward to honor the memory of Grace Akers, a child with special needs who recently died. You may want to grab a tissue…just in...
by Jolene | May 28, 2015 | Grief, Spiritual Support
May Again: Memories of the Good, the Bad, and the Lovely It’s May again, my favorite month. Filled with birthdays, spring flowers blooming, cornfields awash in new life, turning the countryside in our state a most delicious green. May is also my least favorite month....