by Jolene Philo | Nov 26, 2018 | Challenges, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
I’ve been a reluctant caregiver most of my life, but didn’t realize it was a problem until after the birth of our first child. He was medically fragile for the first four years of his life, but his special needs weren’t the cause of my reluctance. In...
by Key Ministry | Nov 12, 2018 | Autism, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
He sat at his desk not moving. All his other friends were getting their backpacks ready and moving towards the classroom door.The teacher asked him to get up and go to his next class.He continued to sit there, but now had his head down on his desk.The teacher asked...
by Key Ministry | Nov 9, 2018 | Challenges, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
I’m a stay at home mum. Not surprising really when you factor in the needs of family life. We are a fairly high maintenance group! Between us there are anxieties of every variety: sensory processing differences meaning overload is never far away, sleep problems,...
by Key Ministry | Nov 7, 2018 | Challenges, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
Last night two friends and I went to see Anne Lamott present her newest book, Almost Everything: Notes on Hope. Lamott is one of my favorite authors. She’s funny, vulnerable, irreverent, and REAL. I love the combination of real and funny. She makes me laugh and cry at...
by Key Ministry | Nov 5, 2018 | Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Ever at the forefront of our mind’s as the parents of children with special needs is the Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Those three letters: I – E – P, conjure up a plethora of feelings within each of us: anxiety, anger, release, struggle,...
by Evana Sandusky | Oct 24, 2018 | Living Life Daily, Medically Fragile, Special Needs Parenting
I read the title of the message, Let Hope Arise, on the large screen in the front of the church. “Hope, I got this,” I thought.After the speaker began, I realized I didn’t have hope, at least not in every area.I regretfully admit that I felt odd as we repeated the...
