by Sarah McGuire | Mar 15, 2019 | Grief, Special Needs Parenting
Last night our church had a family game night. I was playing Farkle at a table with other ladies, two who are currently pregnant, one with her first child. Oh, the anticipation! The glittery eyes, the talk of baby things like car seats, strollers, carriers, sippy cups...
by Key Ministry | Mar 8, 2019 | Grief, Medically Fragile, Special Needs Parenting
This past week, a friend of mine shared a Facebook memory picture of her son. He passed two years ago due to complications of muscular dystrophy. He was in his early 30s but was thirteen years old the last time I saw him and my friend.We were living in Missouri at...
by Stephanie McKeever | Feb 15, 2019 | Challenges, Grief, Special Needs Parenting
It’s International Childhood Cancer Day, and we are honored to have Stephanie McKeever writing for us from her personal experience. You know that floor in your children’s hospital you’ve never been to but wondered what secrets it holds? The one where you...
by Key Ministry | Jan 25, 2019 | Grief, Hope, Special Needs Parenting
While unloading Ryan from the van at a store, it is not unusual for someone to ask about our accessible van. The questions are always the same. How much did it cost, where did we get it, and did insurance pay for it? Next they proceed to tell me about the person in...
by Stephanie McKeever | Oct 5, 2018 | Challenges, Grief
Grief is a funny thing. It’s never when you think it should come. It sneaks up on you when you least expect it. Sometimes, it’s when you’re putting dishes away. Others, it comes as a flood in the Target grocery aisle for what seems no reason at all....
by Key Ministry | Oct 3, 2018 | Autism, Challenges, Grief, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
What in this realm can satisfy our universal thirst for health and wholeness? We simply cannot find it. Not amid volcanoes and cancers, blizzards and bereavements, cold-blooded cruelty and violent indifference. Here, we find rejection that leads to addiction, and...
