by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Feb 15, 2021 | Hope, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
We all love our children with special needs, caring for them with all the love we have inside of us, but while love is the biggest most important thing we have going for us in this unexpected journey, there are indeed other things needed to get us to the finish line!...
by datc3 | May 12, 2020 | Church Support, Coronavirus, Inclusion
As I write this, dripping sheets hang all over our bathroom, springs that look like they were important lay strewn across our floor—because on what was supposed to be a quiet Saturday morning, our washing machine broke. Mid-call with a customer service rep...
by Mark Arnold | Oct 11, 2019 | Autism, Scripture, Spiritual Growth
James has an infectious laugh; it is one of those laughs that can start as a chuckle, a little giggle, and then builds and builds into a raucous belly laugh that barely gives him opportunity to take a breath. All sorts of things can set him off, maybe something he’s...
by John Fela (Felageller) | Oct 9, 2019 | Autism, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Are you a person of “means?” Do you have plenty of funds in your bank account, a lovely home, fancy car? Do you own all of life’s little conveniences, electronic toys and expensive things? Truthfully, I am not a person of means. I do not own many of the things I have...
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...