by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Oct 16, 2023 | Caregiving, Challenges, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
In My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers said, “It’s easy to say, ‘Fret not,’ but a very different thing to have such a disposition that you find yourself able not to fret. It sounds so easy to talk about…‘waiting patiently for Him’ until the nest is upset—until...
by Jolene Philo | Sep 25, 2023 | Caregiving, Special Needs Parenting, Special needs siblings
Caregivers can do hard things.In the nearly sixty-seven years my mother and I shared on this earth, she taught me many lessons. The one I leaned on the most as our time to say good-bye drew near was this one.Caregivers can do hard things.As a child, I didn’t know...
by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Sep 18, 2023 | Caregiving, Marriage, Special Needs Parenting
The school year has begun for all the children. Goals are made; classes are in full swing; children know what to do to make their studies and extracurricular activities a priority.Apply this process to our own lives and we have to ask, “Is our marriage a priority?” So...
by John Fela (Felageller) | Sep 15, 2023 | Autism, Caregiving, Special Needs Parenting
A few years ago, my now ex-wife floated the idea of us getting a service dog for our autistic, nonverbal son. She felt it would be a great support for him on several levels, to help him more calmly and safely navigate his environment both in school and in public. A...
by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Aug 21, 2023 | Caregiving, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Do you ever think your everyday spiritual life shows little progress in growing spiritually? When our girls were little, we could see their daily and even moment-to-moment physical development progress and changes, but our now 42- year-old son Joey (who has special...
by Jolene Philo | Jul 24, 2023 | Caregiving, Mental Health, Special Needs Parenting
This summer our family embarked upon the grand adventure of multi-generational living. It began in May when our daughter, her husband, and their then 13-month-old son moved into our upstairs as they transition from starving graduate student status to starving artists...
