by Michelle Selent | Nov 28, 2012 | Grief, Spiritual Support
Special Needs Confession: Unglued and Reglued Special needs confessions are a specialty here at Different Dream. Today’s confession comes compliments of guest blogger, Michelle Selent. In this post, she describes how a recent setback, due to med change for her...
by Stephanie Ballard | Nov 15, 2012 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
A Medically Fragile Child’s Perfect Ending I’d like to introduce you to Stephanie Ballard, a new Different Dream guest blogger. You may recall meeting her in September, when she shared the poem she wrote for her son’s teacher. Reader response to that...
by Rebekah Benimoff | Nov 7, 2012 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Messy Life, But Not Alone Messy. That’s the word guest blogger Rebekah Benimoff uses to describe recent events in her life. Though surrounded by messiness, she found reasons to be grateful. Her story may open your eyes to reasons you can be grateful, too. Messy...
by Jolene | Oct 18, 2012 | Books and Resources, Spiritual Support
Infant Loss and Miscarriage: Teske Drake Offers Hope Infant loss and miscarriage may seem like an unusual topic to address on a special needs parenting website. But many of these infants are diagnosed with special needs in utero. Teske Drake, author of Hope for Today,...
by Jolene | Oct 10, 2012 | Books and Resources, Spiritual Support
Medically Fragile Children: Practical Parenting Help Medically fragile children need parents with a unique set of skills. Because these skills aren’t taught in parenting classes or addressed in parenting books, dads and moms with children who have critical...
by Jolene | Oct 8, 2012 | Special Needs Ministry, Spiritual Support
Special needs and Sue Badeau are a great pair as the August 2012 interview series about adopting children with terminal special needs shows. Today, she’s back to answer one more question I asked during the interview: What can churches do to support families with...