by Key Ministry | Aug 22, 2016 | Autism, Hope, Special Needs Parenting
What does it mean to have faith on this parenting journey? September will mark 16 years since autism came into our lives. J was 22 months old. In the very early days, faith meant trusting God for healing. People prayed and encouraged and gave us timelines for...
by Key Ministry | Aug 18, 2016 | Down syndrome, Hope
“Mom, sometimes, when I look at Nichole she is so cute that I feel like crying because my heart is so full of love.” There are times I look at my children and I feel like crying because of the intense love I feel for them. It is a love so hard to contain that it...
by Sandra Peoples | Aug 18, 2016 | Special Needs Ministry
I have been in a special-needs family since the day I was born (I have an older sister with Down syndrome). So asking “Is this church special-needs friendly?” is a question I’ve heard discussed for decades. Even when I was in college, I found a...
by Key Ministry | Aug 17, 2016 | Autism, Special Needs Parenting
Friends are an integral part of a happy and fulfilled life. We laugh with them, we cry with them, we play with them, we pray with them. As Charles Swindoll says, “I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given...
by Key Ministry | Aug 16, 2016 | Special Needs Parenting
Can you even remember when you stopped praying for it? That thing you hoped for once upon a time but, as time moved on, faded from that hopeful place? I don’t know about you, but I can’t. I can’t remember when I stopped praying for Zoe to talk....