by Jolene | Feb 1, 2010 | Books and Resources, Spiritual Support
Though I’m not a natural at Twitter (as compared to Facebook which is my kind of social networking), the service has been a great way to find other people who assist families of kids with special needs. Using the prescribed 140 characters or less, it recently...
by Jolene | Jan 18, 2010 | Books and Resources, Spiritual Support
The previous post in this series shared five ways to encourage families with special needs kids. The ideas came from Lisa Copen’s book, Beyond Casseroles: 505 Ways to Encourage a Chronically Ill Friend. Further Beyond Casseroles Here are five more tips from...
by Jolene | Jan 15, 2010 | Books and Resources, Spiritual Support
When I hear about parents of kids diagnosed with a chronic illness or special needs, my thoughts and emotions get tangled up, they tie me in knots. Sound Familiar? I want to do something to help – take a casserole or send a card maybe – but invisible,...
by Jolene | Nov 4, 2009 | Books and Resources, Spiritual Support
In Part 1 of this series, you met Julie Papievis, a woman who miraculously survived a near fatal brain stem injury. In that post she shared five positive ways her injury and recovery changed her. In Part 2 of the series, she shared seven valuable tips about how...
by Jolene | Nov 2, 2009 | Books and Resources, Spiritual Support
In the first post in this series, you read about Julie Papievis, a woman who survived and recovered from a severe brain stem injury. In that post, Julie shared five positive ways the accident changed her. In this one, she gives advice to parents of children with brain...
by Jolene | Oct 30, 2009 | Books and Resources, Spiritual Support
Julie Papievis was a dynamo before the car accident that changed her life. Now, more than a decade after her brain stem was so badly damaged the EMTs were sure she would die, she’s a dynamo again. In the months and years between her injury and recovery, which was...
