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Special Needs Parenting Offers Life…Not a Wasteland

Special Needs Parenting Offers Life…Not a Wasteland

by Kimberly Drew | Jul 3, 2013 | Different Dream, Uncategorized

Who knows how special needs mom and guest blogger Kimberly Drew finds time to read? But I’m glad she does, because one book she read gave her hope and encouragement she’s sharing at DifferentDream.com today. New Life in the Wasteland I recently read a...
Special Needs Parenting and Marriage

Special Needs Parenting and Marriage

by Amy Stout | Jul 1, 2013 | Different Dream, How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting, Uncategorized

Special needs parenting can be hard on a marriage. Today, guest blogger Amy Stout shares a lesson she learned from the movie The Princess Bride about how to keep marriage strong. As You Wish Proverbs 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath… I once had a grown-up temper...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Sleeping Babies

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Sleeping Babies

by Jolene | Jun 28, 2013 | Different Dream, Uncategorized

Post-traumatic stress disorder and sleeping babies. What could they possibly have in common? A study conducted by researchers at the University of Oregon about what sleeping babies hear found a possible link. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say they discovered a...
Hidden Grace for Parents of Kids with Special Needs

Hidden Grace for Parents of Kids with Special Needs

by Stephanie Ballard | Jun 13, 2013 | Different Dream, Uncategorized

Hidden grace. That’s something parents of kids with special needs can use on a daily basis. Today, guest blogger Stephanie Ballard uses a poem to reveal God’s hidden grace in her life. Hidden Grace Sometimes having a child with special needs is exhausting....
4 Special Needs Summer Routines

4 Special Needs Summer Routines

by Kimberly Drew | Jun 11, 2013 | Different Dream, How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting, Uncategorized

Summer vacation is here…or right around the corner, depending upon where you live. This spring, guest blogger Kimberly Drew prepared for vacation with her daughter who has special needs by establishing some summer routines. Today, she shares some of her ideas...
Special Needs Parenting and the Importance of Forgiveness

Special Needs Parenting and the Importance of Forgiveness

by Amy Stout | Jun 4, 2013 | Different Dream, Encouragement, Spiritual Support, Uncategorized

Special needs parenting is hard work, a fact guest blogger Amy Stout knows from experience. She also knows the part forgiveness plays in keeping a marriage strong. In today’s post she transparently shares how she learned how to ask for forgiveness. The Sock...
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Jolene Philo is a published author, speaker, wife, and mother of a son with special needs.

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