I love year end reviews! I’ve shared my favorite books and favorite pictures, but I also want to share more favorites. Favorite albums: Sandra McCracken, Shane & Shane, Adele, Andrew Peterson Favorite posts from here and Not Alone: Hope for the Continual Cycle of Grief Special-Needs Parents Experience Special-Needs Parents: How Do We Get over…
When I was writing regularly on our family blog, I would recap the year by sharing my favorite pictures, so I thought I’d do that here today! I’ve already written about what a tough year it was, but these pictures remind me of all the memories we made. David and I went to Orlando and…
Tis the season for reflection. For looking over the last year and all the ups and downs it held. When our family looks back on 2015, it’s a year we never want to repeat. It was a year of great loss and pain. It was a year of transitions and sacrifices. It’s a year we…
This was a big year not only for books, but for book-related trips! Here are the highlights. My older son David and I went to Universal Studios in Florida to spend a couple days in Harry Potter World. It was awesome and I hope we can go again when he’s a little older. My Bible…
In my self-care for the special-needs mom series I wrote about Your Life Purpose and talked about having a personal mission statement. Here are more tips for doing that and my personal mission statement. Your purpose as a believer in Christ is the same as my purpose: bring glory to God and enjoy Him forever….
Five years ago today we sat in child-sized chairs in a room that was part office, part exam room in an elementary school and heard “We believe your son has autism.” I sighed with relief and sat up straighter in my tiny chair, ready to hear the plan. Lee tensed up and teared up. That first…
