by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Nov 21, 2016 | Special Needs Parenting
We’ve just moved. We planned it such, that my sister Sue would care for our Joey (son with special needs who is age 35) for a long weekend so we could get his room set up. This would allow us to prepare ahead of time for those bumps in the road that happen when BIG...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | Nov 21, 2016 | Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Mental Health
I wish all of our readers had been able to attend the Mental Health Ministry in the Local Church conference this past weekend, presented by OutsideIn Ministries and hosted by Ironbridge Baptist Church in Chester, VA. Catherine Boyle and her team at OutsideIn...
by Stephanie McKeever | Nov 18, 2016 | Hope, Medically Fragile, Special Needs Parenting, Terminal Diagnosis
Are you scrounging for thankfulness this Thanksgiving? Holidays can be a challenge for those walking through hard days. Perhaps you feel like you’ve been handed the short-end of the stick; your child is struggling, you’re exhausted and it seems like everybody...
by Mike George | Nov 18, 2016 | Special Needs Parenting
Somewhere over the last 24 years, I lost the yearning to dream about what life would be like had Ben been born without complex physical and communication challenges. There was a period when I constantly wanted to press the rewind button to return to a simpler time, to...
by Barb Dittrich | Nov 17, 2016 | Special Needs Parenting
I don’t know about you, but I’m already beginning to feel pressed by the approaching holiday season. The expectations of others have already commenced their slow, grinding, painful squeeze on my psyche. Will Grandma be in suitable condition to leave assisted living...
