Leaning In – Stress, but in a Marriage’s Perspective
In a few moments I will be leading a discussion on loving our husbands – and I cannot help but realize that the time I learned what true sacrificial love was, was when I wrote this poem. I pray that my readers can be encouraged to love their husbands, even if it feels like the […]
Seeing the Beauty of Gods Design in a “Slow” World
Paige is “delayed” or “slow”. Typically, that term is negative. It’s supposed to be! It takes her longer to do things, and sometimes her cognitive ability isn’t “up to her standard”. She fits the normalcy of a special needs child, a delayed child. However, I want to give another perspective – a positive one. An unexpected […]
Food is Medicine: A Superfood Rich Recipe for your G-Tube Fed Child
Don’t forget about Superfoods Sometimes when you become a special needs parent, food in a sense goes “out the window”. Many times in our lives, we forget the nutritional benefit of a wide variety of foods. We forget that food is indeed part of our medicine. For g-tube babies, I’ve found this can be even […]
Creating the Special Needs Standard in Our Mind
Currently, I am one of those moms now that weirdly asks things like “Oh, when are they supposed to eat again?” or “Oh wow he walks and he’s only 18 months?” The standards in my mind are so fuzzy – before I became a mom I had some general idea, but now that I’m a […]
Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood – A Genetic Disorder – What is it and how can you understand it better?
February 18th, 2023, John and I decided to give our girl a chance. She had received a difficult diagnosis a week earlier – a diagnosis we were at the very first step of learning. She had symptoms other children didn’t have, and the symptoms other children had were ones that would change my girl’s life […]