by Sandra Peoples | Apr 5, 2021 | Challenges, Special Needs Parenting
We’re all reemerging at different speeds from a season of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. But instead of feeling freedom and optimism, many of us are facing new challenges. One of those challenges is being overwhelmed by having choices again and feeling judged...
by Joanna French | Mar 24, 2021 | Challenges, Hope, Mental Health
This world is overwhelmed by fix-it plans. It will bury you in ways to be ‘normal.’ It’s ironic because—for a world that boasts inclusion—one area that is lagging far behind is the very area to which I am called: Mental Health and Special Needs awareness and...
by Sandra Peoples | Feb 1, 2021 | Challenges, Love, Marriage
For many of us who are caregivers, we may never be empty nesters. We need to invest in our marriages so they stay strong for the long term. Caregiving is also an emotional and physical investment that can leave our spouses feeling neglected.For example, my son James...
by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Jan 18, 2021 | Challenges, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
We have a saying, “What we do isn’t always fun, comfortable, or easy, but we do what is right.” That saying of ours helped us through caring for four parents in their last years, and helps us in the care of our son (who’ll be 40 this year!).FUN: Our job descriptions...
by Sandra Peoples | Nov 2, 2020 | Challenges, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting
A few months after James’s diagnosis ten years ago, we went to our first local autism support group meeting. The speaker worked for the Social Security Administration and had two sons on the spectrum. He went over what financial help families like ours could expect...
by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Aug 17, 2020 | Challenges, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
Folks with special needs often have lives that are simple. I didn’t say easy; I said simple. Over the course of our sons’ span of 39 years of life, it has been interesting to observe how little he wants, how little he asks for, and how little he has. Of course, what...
