by Jolene | Nov 25, 2024 | Different Dream, Grief, Holidays, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
This Thanksgiving I’m grateful for grief. That statement is going to make family members scratch their heads when we celebrate the holiday together and I announce that this Thanksgiving I’m grateful for grief. Chances are, those words are making you, as a family...
by Steve Siler | Jul 10, 2024 | Different Dream, Encouragement, Grief, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
“Why did God make me this way?” It’s a question our children with disabilities and special needs are bound to ask us. Guest blogger Steve Siler knew the question was coming and thought about what he would say. Read on to find out what he said and to listen to a song...
by Jolene | Jun 24, 2024 | Different Dream, Grief, In Parents, PTSD, Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
The physical manifestations of grief in caregivers are unexpected and pervasive. That, in a nutshell, is what God has been teaching me since the death of my mother on June 23, 2023. Mom’s suffering was great during her final 2 years on this earth. My siblings and I...
by Jolene | May 29, 2024 | Different Dream, Grief, In Parents, PTSD, Special Needs Parenting, Uncategorized
Experiencing post-traumatic growth (PTG) while raising a child with disabilities may not be on your radar screen when you’re drowning in the stress associated with caregiving. The only growth that concerned me during our son’s medically fragile years was increasing...
by Kelly Denham | May 15, 2024 | Different Dream, Grief, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
Mending broken hearts is all too familiar to guest blogger Kelly Denham. She and her husband’s hearts are still mending after a medical mistake left their son TJ irrevocably injured and later resulted in the decision she wrote about in today’s post. On February 26,...
by Jolene | Dec 27, 2023 | Different Dream, Grief, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
I didn’t want to learn hard caregiving lessons in 2023. Mainly because I’m a big fan of easy. Hard? Not so much. Yet here I am waiting for 2023 to end—believe me, I’m ready to put it behind me—and at the same time embracing the hard lessons I’m about to share with you...
