by Sandra Peoples | Dec 1, 2022 | Church Support, Podcast, Special Needs Ministry
Podcast co-host Sandra Peoples grew up with a sister with Down syndrome and now has a teenager with level 3 autism, so she knows how different the holidays can feel for a family like hers. But they don’t have to feel different at church! With a few steps of...
by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Dec 20, 2021 | Caregiving, Challenges
The following is done:Christmas letters and cards (and pictures, of course!) went out to be received the day after Thanksgiving! (Always my goal!).Christmas gifts purchased. (Immediate family and a few friends only).Christmas gifts wrapped or bagged (my homemade...
by Evana Sandusky | Dec 15, 2021 | Down syndrome, Special Needs Parenting
When I was in grade school, my older brother told me a secret.“Mom hides the Christmas gifts in a garbage sack in the closet,” he confessed.I marveled that he knew the location of our unknown and highly anticipated gifts. I cannot remember if he succumbed to the...
by Sandra Peoples | Dec 13, 2021 | Autism, Challenges, Special Needs Parenting
A few years ago Hurricane Harvey hit our area. As I watched the newscasts from the coast, I noticed the palm trees bending as the wind whipped by, gusting well over 100 miles per hour. They bent, but they didn’t break. Why? Because God created them to be flexible. I...
by John Fela (Felageller) | Feb 5, 2021 | Church, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
I would like to confess here and now that I am an utter fool for the Christmas season. In many ways, I never gave up the attachment I had as a child to the environment of this season, whether it’s the cheesy holiday music, the overstimulation of decorations and light...
