Can I share with you one of my biggest struggles? It’s patience. Having patience both with my children, but even more so with myself. I see my own faults and inadequacies when I am caring for my children with disabilities, magnified and enhanced. It’s as … Continue readingGranting Myself Grace & Resting in God
I’m a “Special Needs Mom”. That sounds really weird to me. For a couple reasons really, but mainly because I sometimes wonder if I “qualify.” My son is on the Autism spectrum, but is pretty high functioning (like what they used to separate out as … Continue readingI’m (not enough of) a Special Needs Mom
Parenting is hard work for any person, whether you have one, or two or 8 or 12 children. You learn to strategize, categorize needs, make schedules, chore charts, and instill any other number of flow charts so that life can come together with some … Continue readingSpecial Needs Parenting, Solo
For a while, it has bugged me when a pregnant woman, when asked if she wanted a boy or girl, responded “I don’t care, as long as it’s healthy.” Because I had seen couples welcome babies who were definitely not “healthy”, but of course they … Continue readingGrieving for my special needs child
When I first heard we were doing a special needs series, I was very happy to contribute and had many ideas flowing. There are so many areas in our faith and faith lives that we can use a voice and guidance. However, the very day … Continue readingSeeing Faith: Believing as a Special Needs Parent