April 1st kicks off Autism Awareness month and I have mixed feelings each year. I’m thankful for friends who wear blue and send their love to our family via social media and texts. I’m thankful for the extra attention autism gets on websites and news shows. I love making new friends at local autism awareness…
If I were Jesus, most of the miracles would have been fun for me to experience. Feeding 5,000+. Healing the bleeding woman who had suffered for years. Walking on water. But one would have been especially tough—the healing of the pouter. Jesus had been welcomed into the home of Mary and Martha and was enjoying time…
I was cleaning up my closet this week and moved my backpack from one shelf to another. It felt heavy so I unzipped all the zippers until I found the full pocket. It was just as I’d packed it a year and a half ago when I was getting ready for our trip to China. A…
I’m a special-needs sibling raising a special-needs sibling, which helps me remember to say the words to him that I wanted to hear myself. For more advice on how to encourage the typical kids in your special-needs family, check out my book, Unexpected Blessings: The Joys and Possibilities of Life in a Special-Needs Family!
This week kicks off a new project I’m pretty excited about. Through my job at Key Ministry, I’ll be helping to create a database of churches across the country that are special-needs welcoming. When a family contacts Key, we hope to match them with a church in their area that meets their needs. How you…
Last week my husband and I went to an autism support group meeting in the town we moved to a few months ago. Fourteen of us sat around a table, introducing ourselves and telling our stories. One of the moms couldn’t get through her story without crying. Her son had only been diagnosed two months…
