We have a winner! Alicia of Experiencing Each Moment will receive The New Language of Toys, and next week, we’ll be discussing You Will Dream New Dreams, by Stanley Klein, Ph.D. and Kim Schive. Happy reading!
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Advocates aren’t born, they’re created
I’ve known for a long time that when it comes to my daughter and hospital staff, I can get fierce! I think every parent who has had a child spend time in the hospital, and especially those who spend considerable time inpatient, has had to go toe-to-toe with someone in the medical field. I’ve had…
Walking with the Reidmillers!
I love big families – I love Moms who are honest even if it might hurt – and I love the Reidmiller family! After reading this interview with Rachelle, I know you will also! Tell me a little about yourself and your family. My name is Rachelle. My family and I live in Nebraska. My…
Photographing Your Children ~ Holiday Edition
Have you missed me each Tuesday and Wednesday? Did you notice that post about photographing your children for the annual holiday greeting card never posted? My apologies. A chronic illness and medication side effects have put me a little out of whack (my family would say that’s putting it mildly). Anissa and Tiff are covering…
Samuel’s Miracle
Editor’s note: Teresa and I met in the PICU at Primary Children’s Hospital. It’s funny how friendships can emerge so quickly in these types of situations. I will forever be touched by Teresa’s love and total commitment to Samuel. I believe you will too. Hi, I’m Teresa from www.samuelsmiracle.com. I’m excited to be your guest…
The Friendship Station: A Special Needs Ministry
Last week, I shared about some of the challenges we have had with church attendance since our son Michael was diagnosed with autism in December of 2004. Many of you shared your own stories, both uplifting and heartbreaking, in the comments, and I appreciate your openness on this difficult topic. Over the last year, we…
The Invisibility Clause
It’s an invisible illness, this immune deficiency gig. There is nothing obvious about the girl to signal that she is different from her twin, her sisters, the kid standing next to her. Sure, she is a little small and she’s sometimes pale but generally she looks just like your run of the mill (almost) three…
Look Into My Eyes
One of the things I noticed about Zoe when we first suspected she had autism was the lack of eye contact. When the neurologist and the developmental pediatrician evaluated Zoe, frequency of eye contact was one of the many things they asked about. Ask most parents of autistic children and they’ll tell you that getting…
Tell Me A Story
November is National Adoption Month, and I would love to hear from your children! Do you have a child who was adopted and who would like to share their story? Does your child have a voice they would like heard, anonymously or not? If not a story, does your child write poetry or plays or…
Barrack Obama and the normalcy of difference
When the US Declaration of Independence was drawn up, it stated: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” But George Washington, even as he signed this, was…