by Laura Spiegel | Dec 7, 2021 | Different Dream, Spiritual Support, Uncategorized
Hospital chaplains provide valuable support when loved ones are dying. Guest blogger Laura Spiegel recently learned they can do much more. When you think of hospital chaplains, what comes to mind? A bearer of bad news? An imminent turn for the worse? A symbol of death...
by Jolene | Aug 23, 2021 | Different Dream, Uncategorized
“I need a vacation from vacation,” I wanted to say soon after we came home after celebrating my husband’s retirement by traveling for most of July. The aftermath of being gone for so long was substantial– Catching up everything that didn’t get...
by Stephanie Ballard | Jun 15, 2021 | Different Dream, Uncategorized
Mask mandates has been tough, but for the special needs community, it’s nothing new. Today guest blogger Stephanie Ballard writes about a different kind of mask mandate she’s decided it’s time for her to end. “I’m sorry but I don’t feel safe taking care of Braden any...
by Jolene | May 24, 2021 | Different Dream, Uncategorized
The 6 caregiving advocacy tips I’m learning all over again come with compliments from my mom. She’s 92 and still teaching me life lessons by the bucketful. She’s experienced some health challenges over the past few months, so we (my older sister, younger brother, and...
by Kristin Faith Evans | Apr 13, 2021 | Different Dream, Grief, Spiritual Support, Uncategorized
Learning to embrace a special life as the parent of a child with a disability is a journey. New guest blogger, Kristin Faith Evans, describes the spiritual crisis that brought her to acceptance and shares 4 practices that bring her joy and peace. Beginning My...
by Jolene | Sep 24, 2020 | Different Dream, Uncategorized
Finding grace in all the wrong places has long been the purview of parents raising children with disabilities. When COVID hit the truths we have lived since our kids’ diagnosis–there’s no instruction manual for our lives, neither we nor the experts have any idea of...
