by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Jul 18, 2022 | Caregiving, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
Special needs may put a particular challenge on travel, depending on our child’s needs. Our son Joey (age 41) has always been quite a good traveler, but could be (for the duration of a trip) distracted, side-tracked, and out to get that one fly that is following us...
by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | May 20, 2022 | Challenges, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
Hot days, no rain, and my flowers were wilted and exhausted, bent over and looking depleted. Taking my sprinkling can outside filled with fresh cold water, I gave every flower a good drink as the day ended and shade covered them. Even before the morning sun, I could...
by Jolene Philo | Apr 25, 2022 | Caregiving, Challenges, Living Life Daily
Caring for a family member in the hospital became my reality once more, when the nurse at my mother’s long term care facility called.“Your mom is being sent to the ER by ambulance.”“I’ll be there in ten minutes. Don’t send her until I get there.” Thus, my...
by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Apr 18, 2022 | Hope, Living Life Daily, Spiritual Growth
While recently listening to an afternoon radio program about “worry,” the woman being interviewed was asked, “I know God says not to worry, but how do we NOT worry?” She answered, “We must ask ourselves, ‘What does it do for me?’ Because to worry must bring something...
by Jolene Philo | Feb 28, 2022 | Caregiving, Hope, Living Life Daily
Small things are saving me this winter. Just like they did last February when I wrote about how small acts of mothering and fathering add up to create a big thing– a caregiver’s sacrificial life.The small things saving me this year are more mundane, but no less...
by Evana Sandusky | Jan 7, 2022 | Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
For the most part, anything with the word “new” in it does not go over well in my family. We are all creatures of habit, and it’s hard to say who the worst offender is.My son is a junior high student and typically developing. He avoids new foods at all costs. Whenever...
