by Joanna French | Feb 26, 2021 | Living Life Daily, Mental Health, Special Needs Parenting
Dear sweet & amazing K,Oh, my youngest boy. I love you so much. You are full of creative ideas, silly stories, and endless questions. You are kind, passionate, gentle, loving, strong-willed, and a delight to have as a child. I wish my words could reach you the way...
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 | Jan 4, 2021 | Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
God’s plan and purpose for you didn’t stop when you heard a diagnosis from a doctor or therapist. That wasn’t the end of our your story. It’s just the beginning. A few years ago, I wrote an e-book, Speechless: Finding God’s Grace in My Son’s...
by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Nov 16, 2020 | Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Pregnancy goes hand in hand with this common saying. If you’ve had pregnancies, you’ve heard it. Perhaps you’ve even said those words to others, as I have. However, after having a child with special needs, we changed our response to, “Well, even if this baby isn’t...
by Jolene Philo | Aug 24, 2020 | Hope, Living Life Daily, Spiritual Growth
When life is not as it should be, whether the cause is a global pandemic or a child’s diagnosis, we have a choice to make. As our hearts break and our faith is tested, we have to decide to respond from either a short term or long term perspective.In 1959 my...
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...
