by Evana Sandusky | Jan 15, 2024 | Medically Fragile, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
I went to the office supply store on a mission. I needed to buy my 2024 planners, so I could start filling out the days already booked with appointments. While I was there, I looked for a small pocket calendar to record my daughter’s daily weight. Since July 2023, her...
by Joanna French | Dec 27, 2022 | Mental Health, Special Needs Ministry, Spiritual Development
When asked what religion I am, I typically answer, “I am a Christian.” This descriptor, though, feels like it falls short; so many professing to be Christians abhor the very teachings of Jesus, but I digress. Somewhere along my walk of faith, God opened my eyes to the...
by datc3 | Feb 27, 2020 | Church Support, Special Needs Ministry
One Sunday morning, we waited before heading to church. Annie had been increasingly weepy during the previous week and I had seen partial seizures breaking through. I was still unsure if I needed to call the neurologist and ask, “Which of her four anticonvulsants...
by Key Ministry | Feb 21, 2020 | Rare Diagnosis, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
I’m not sure how seven years can seem like it has gone by in the blink of an eye and lasted an eternity all at the same time, but that’s where I find myself. I’m living in the tension between survival and healing. My life doesn’t look the way I envisioned. My family...
by Key Ministry | Feb 18, 2020 | Autism, Care and Support, Church Support, Culture of Life, Families, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Mental Health, Parents
“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him” – Psalms 127:3 There has never been a day I grieved my children. I do not regret bringing them into this world. I do not doubt God has a precious purpose for them. They are happy, loud, silly,...
