Note: In this post, I use the term “special needs” because that is the phrase used in this story. All adopted children have “special needs”. What we’re actually talking about here is the adoption of a disabled child (presumed brain damaged, later diagnosed autistic). I think the vernacular could have been cleaned up, but hey....
Omg you guys. Oh. Em. Gee. I have had one helluva few weeks after recording what you’re about to hear. Did you even know that there’s a difference between pain and suffering? And that one is healthy while the other is not. And that one can even alter your future AND you perception of the...
If you’re suffering with your child’s diagnoses (and really, who isn’t?), the greatest gift you can give to yourself is coming to Orlando and attending a P3 weekend. It’s like months (years?) worth of therapy in one weekend. I have never moved through so much pain so quickly and with so much support as I...
“Does it get easier?” “No. You just get better at it.” -The Good Wife I spoke with a new Rett mum the other day. When Grace was first diagnosed, no one told me the things I needed to know. I was instantly sucked in by the charities and was only promised a cure, hit up...
“I have only one thing to do and that’s to be the wave that I am and then sink back into the ocean.” -Fiona Apple This one day about 10 months ago…I was in Lulworth Cove. It was an extremely cold, windy day. Very few tourists and they’re usually there no matter the season. I...
“To beg God for healing is to say we have more compassion than He does.” The hubs and I were on TBN Meets with our friend Leon Schoeman talking about a variety of things including how we come to terms with disability and our Christian faith. Oh, and if disability doesn’t float yer boat, Steven...
Note: there’s video in this post. If you can’t see it, click here. Oh my goodness the internet atonishes me sometimes. I posted a picture of Elijah’s letter to Santa on Facebook last week and this Father in Missouri got a hold of it and read it to the congregation. There used to be a...
