by Jolene Philo | May 22, 2023 | Caregiving, Spiritual Growth
Editors note: this is part four of a five-part series on Empowering Kids with disabilities. Part five will publish in June 2023. Empowering kids with disabilities, as the previous posts in this series have suggested, can be a challenge for caregivers. We have to make...
by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Apr 17, 2023 | Marriage, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Therapy used to be a word and situation which struck fear in people. Recently, it seems that many people are “in therapy,” which is a good and healthy thing.Whether your marriage is in a tough place, you’re wondering if you’re doing...
by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Apr 19, 2021 | Special Needs Parenting, Special needs siblings, Spiritual Growth
The child was about 12 years old and weighed about that many pounds or a few more. As a young high school aged student, I didn’t know how to relate, respond, or inquire about my friends’ sibling that I was seeing—not meeting—for the first time. I’d known my friend for...
by Lisa Jamieson | Jun 2, 2020 | Church Support, Coronavirus, Special Needs Ministry
Churches are wrestling with how they will return to their traditions with special care for the families in their midst who are impacted by disability. You are prayerfully wondering how best to adapt and transition to the post-quarantine era. Well, there may be less...
by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Sep 9, 2019 | Challenges, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
Spinning plates for all of us on the special needs journey is a “norm.” We know we can do it: spin a lot of plates all at one time, keeping them going, running from plate to plate and not letting any of them fall—because we have to. For many of us, it’s an instant...
