Do you ever wonder if what you’re saying is really sinking in with your children? Do you ever feel like maybe it’s not worth the effort to keep filling their hearts with good things, because you can’t tell if they understand you or not? Can I encourage you today? Don’t give up! Our middle son has a variety of issues, but one that we really struggle with is his ability to understand … [Read more...]
Laying Down My Isaacs on the First Day of School
The first day of school was today. I load up my two kids with book bags, lunches and enough school supplies to make a mule stagger. My daughter walks to the bus stop on on her own. (It's soooo not cool, you know, for mom to tag along to the bus stop.) I watch her, forehead to glass, from our upstairs window. She turns three times to look back with a strange smile on her face, a mix of … [Read more...]
Indispensable
"God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. The parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor." (1 Corinthians 12:18-23) Sitting with my son through an entire church service is no easy task. As a matter of statistical fact, … [Read more...]
Seeing in the Dark
It was only three years ago that the tide of change began. When was it for you? A tide that could never be gathered back in, spilling across the sands of life. Flattening all the castles we carefully build on the shore in our minds of how life would be. I had built castles of happily-ever-after and had already etched what our happiness would look like. The hand of the heavenly Father seemed heavy … [Read more...]
Snooze Buttons, Train Wrecks and Finding Joy
It was pretty clear by the time I hit the snooze button for the fifth time. I didn’t want to get out of bed. Then words from Hebrews 12:2 I had read the day before came to mind: “For the joy set before him, he endured the cross.” I lay there, wondering, what is the joy set before me? What can give me such hope that I can endure mornings when I just don’t want to face another teen intervention, … [Read more...]
Check Your Heart…
I don't know about you, but in all of my years parenting a special needs child, I have never come across another parent who felt like they had more than enough support, encouragement and help in their life. Most parents I have met and talked with, all share very similar stories of friends, family members and sometimes even spouses, not understanding the demands that are placed on them … [Read more...]