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For the Times When Others Don’t Get It

October 22, 2015 by Ellen Stumbo

Dear special needs parent, Some people will never get what it is like to walk in our shoes. No matter how many times we try to explain our situation, our child, the challenges our family has to face—no matter how many details we share—the reality is that most people won’t get it. And some people might think we are exaggerating, or that we are not doing enough, and we might feel judged by their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ellen Stumbo, Living Life Daily Tagged With: Ellen Stumbo, Encouragement, hope, not alone, parenting a child with special needs, parenting special needs, special needs parenting

You Are Not a Failure

May 21, 2015 by Ellen Stumbo

“I feel like such a failure, I mean, I’m trying to do everything I can to get services for my son but I’m not getting anywhere. His behaviors are getting so challenging. It’s just been….hard. My house is a mess, I forgot to pay for a school field trip, we ran out of clean underwear and my husband and I are fighting all the time.” She sits across from me at Panera with a bread bowl, she stirs the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ellen Stumbo, Love Tagged With: Ellen Stumbo, Encouragement, special needs parenting

When Mama Needs Help

April 16, 2015 by Ellen Stumbo

This is a hard post to write because it’s a big issue, it’s something I am constantly working on, an ongoing journey that changes along with the needs of my family. This is not a post about parenting kids with disabilities, or about parenting adopted kids who live with the trauma from their past, or even a post about parenting children with mental health issues. But it is a post about parenting in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ellen Stumbo, Mental Illness Tagged With: Ellen Stumbo, mental health issues, parenting a child with special needs

Remember That You Are Not Alone

February 19, 2015 by Ellen Stumbo

In this journey of parenting children with disabilities I have discovered that many of us feel alone: Does anyone understand what it is like to walk in our shoes? Could someone really understand why I feel the way I do? Am I the only one that wrestles feeling like I am not doing enough for my child?  I wish there was something I could do to change this for you, for me, for all of us. I cannot. So … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ellen Stumbo, Living Life Daily Tagged With: Ellen Stumbo, Encouragement, not alone, parenting special needs, special needs parenting

Trusting In God In the Midst of Trial

January 15, 2015 by Ellen Stumbo

Stephen was stoned to death. He trusted in God completely, even as he was being falsely accused, he trusted in God and he still lost his life. My husband preached about Stephen on Sunday and I kept thinking about our own family, our own trials, our own suffering, how disability impacts us and how often I cry out to God to help me, to help our family. Trusting in God in the midst of trial … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ellen Stumbo, Grief, Mental Illness, Scripture Tagged With: cerebral palsy, Ellen Stumbo, Grief and special needs, mental illness, special needs parenting

I Need a Guide, a Map, a How To

November 20, 2014 by Ellen Stumbo

Parenting would be a lot easier if it came with a map, "You start here, you end up here, and this is how you get there." Simple. Logical. Organized. A road map. But if I've learned anything about parenting so far is that it's complicated, sometimes illogical, and definitely messy. Oh there are so many layers and qualifications to the messy! As if parenting was not hard enough, in our family … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ellen Stumbo, Living Life Daily, Scripture Tagged With: Ellen Stumbo, Encouragement, not alone, parenting special needs, special needs, special needs parenting

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