by Jolene Philo | Nov 25, 2019 | Hope, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
Small things are worthy of great gratitude. I know this. You know this. Every parent raising a child with special needs knows this. Even so, I consistently ignore the small blessings God does provide and fixate on the big things I think He should provide.Are you with...
by Sarah Broady | Nov 20, 2019 | Hope, Special Needs Parenting
Patience is a virtue, or so they say. But little else causes such immense frustration as having to wait: waiting for someone to text us back, waiting for the line to move at the grocery store, the light to turn green—and the front car to pay attention and actually...
by Evana Sandusky | Nov 8, 2019 | Hope, Medically Fragile, Special Needs Parenting
I like having an exit strategy.Whenever we take our daughter with special needs to an activity, our family always discusses the possible scenarios that would cause us to leave abruptly. We develop a plan, so we all know what to do in a tense moment. We act quickly...
by Key Ministry | Oct 30, 2019 | Church, Hope, Spiritual Growth
My youngest has been trying out home-spun magic tricks, illusions and sleight of hand. Hiding something in a fist and then swiftly swapping it to the other ‘without me seeing,’ then asking me to guess where the object is. Or choosing a card, placing it back in the...
by Jolene Philo | Oct 28, 2019 | Challenges, Grief, Hope
Crying when God gives what I need and not what I want is a regular event in my life. It’s most recent occurrence happened on Sunday. At church. During the sermon.I thought I’d hidden my tears. Until the woman to my left scooted a few inches away, and my...
by Sarah Broady | Oct 23, 2019 | Autism, Hope, Special Needs Parenting
The day of my second son’s birth was filled with uncertainty, fear, and tragedy. As I went into labor three weeks early with a breech baby who was too big to turn, an anesthesiologist stood by my bedside quietly explaining the C-section procedure, which was never a...
