by datc3 | Aug 27, 2019 | Adoption, Culture of Life, Foster Care, Worship
We didn’t meet in a labor & delivery room like most moms and daughters do. Instead, we met in a back room of a foster care agency. Caring for children that weren’t from my womb wasn’t new to me. My husband and I had previously adopted two daughters from other...
by Kara Dedert | Jul 31, 2019 | Medically Fragile, Special Needs Parenting
The light filtered in through the curtains. Slowly I opened my eyes as the baby monitor crackled and coughed its static-filled morning song. A baby monitor is generally outgrown at age two, but for us, it’s the life-line to our 9-year-old son, Calvin. I could...
by Sarah McGuire | Jun 7, 2019 | Autism, Challenges, Special Needs Parenting
You are not just a mom! Don’t let others intimidate you into questioning what you know is working or not working for your child. Trust yourself and keep moving forward.I have to admit that sometimes I outwardly went along with the therapist’s plans for my child (shhh,...
by Key Ministry | May 10, 2019 | Autism, Grief, Special Needs Parenting
What delight comes to the one who follows God’s ways! (She) will be standing firm like a flourishing treeplanted by God’s design,deeply rooted by the brooks of bliss,bearing fruit in every season of (her) life.Psalm 1:1a, 3a The Passion TranslationI woke up in a...