by datc3 | Sep 16, 2024 | Caregiving, Challenges, Hope, Living Life Daily, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
The world might seem to have a lot to offer, but as it applies to the caring of a child or loved one with special needs, it offers us things that won’t make us happy and won’t deliver what we need. The world will always lack authenticity and the act of serving will...
by datc3 | Aug 12, 2024 | Caregiving, Challenges, Hope, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
As parents or caregivers of someone with special needs we often have hard seasons; times where “troubles assail us” as the hymn writer once wrote. Perhaps you have a ‘Plan B’ in your back pocket for unexpected situations or you have a mental list of who to call or...
by datc3 | Jul 15, 2024 | Caregiving, Challenges, Hope, Living Life Daily, Marriage, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting
You can pour from an empty cup. Some will differ with me. I will stick to it because I have lived it and perhaps YOU have as well.What do we do with an empty cup? We fill it when we need to drink from it. It’s upon need.Like the tension on a piece of elastic, we can...
by datc3 | Jun 10, 2024 | Caregiving, Challenges, Church, Living Life Daily, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
As parents and caregivers of those with disabilities, it is not out of the question to find ourselves in the position of struggling with our faith.Challenges with health, a particularly trying time with a developmental milestone, the struggle with loneliness and...
by datc3 | Apr 29, 2024 | Caregiving, Challenges, Church, Hope, Love, Marriage, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
I’ve been a parent for over 19 years and have been a caregiver of children with “special needs” for almost all of it. Our first child was in the hospital with respiratory issues for the first time on the day he turned 3-months old. The challenges with both...
by datc3 | Apr 1, 2024 | Caregiving, Challenges, Down syndrome, Hope, Living Life Daily, Love, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
I hear the familiar engine roar outside my window. Looking out, I see soil churning and my older brother pulling a piece of farm equipment through the field. Planting season is upon us. For my father, brother, and nephews, it is a season filled with long hours in the...
