Category Archives: Family

Reflections on the Things Mom Taught Me About Life, and Death

Things My Mother Taught me About Life, and Death

My Mom Taught Me About Life as She was Fighting for her Own Author’s Note: I meant to post this earlier today, in a timely way as a Mother’s Day post. But the fact is, my mom’s spirit, wisdom, and purpose shine through in every single day and every crisis we deal with here in…

The Real Family Photo Shoot When You Have Children with Special Needs

Taking photos when you have children with special needs includes rare gems like this one.

One of Parenting’s Greatest Challenges when you have Children with Special Needs I read a post a long time ago that detailed the challenge of taking a “real” family photo (link at end) and I couldn’t help but think how vastly different our lives were from the author’s, even though her post was a great…

What it Santa Doesn’t Come? When Christmas Costs Too Much

What is Christmas Costing Your Family? I’ll go out on a limb and say that many of you, reading this, have the bulk of your holiday shopping taken care of and you have Christmas gifts squirelled away all over the house. (or other gifts if you don’t celebrate Christmas?) But for many families, every year,…

Special Saturday | Giving Thanks in the Midst of Life’s Storms

Autism, Epilepsy, Cerebral Palsy — New Diagnosis Sometimes Builds up It’s a little ironic to consider–giving thanks after new diagnosis rocks your world–but this week’s Special Saturday campaign asked what we were thankful for and the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I was truly thankful for an unexpected new diagnosis….

The Truth about Being The Perfect Special Needs Parent

The truth about being the perfect special needs parent? There isn’t one. Seriously, there is no such thing as a perfect parent, much less the perfect special needs parent. I should know – I’ve spent years trying to live up to this nonexistant ideal. Because these amazing guys? They really needed perfection. Seriously. Who else…

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