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The Surprising World of Attachment Issues in My Adoption

March 16, 2018 by Angela

Like a punch in the stomach was the excruciatingly hard reality of fostering. The journey was just beginning. How his past trauma and lack of attachment impacted his brain functioning took us by surprise. The child was dangerously impulsive, respected no boundaries, and did what he pleased to the point of manipulation—at three! Yet at the same time he was very infantile in his mannerisms. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adoption, Behaviors, Grief, Hidden Disabilities, Mental Illness, Mood Disorders, Reactive Attachment Disorder

Praise: God’s Antidote to Discouragement

February 7, 2018 by Kathleen Bolduc

Did you know there's an antidote to discouragement? And it works almost immediately, if we can only remember to pull it out of our spiritual tool kits and use it! What is it? Praise! Some of you may be thinking, Really? You don't know what our family is facing on a daily basis! I get it. Sometimes I feel like my prayers for healing within my family (autism, bipolar disorder, traumatic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Autism, Kathy Bolduc, Living Life Daily, Love, Mental Illness, Mood Disorders, Scripture, Thanksgiving, Worship Tagged With: autism, christian parenting, emotional disorders, not alone, parenting a child with special needs, parenting special needs, Praise, Psalm 100, Psalm 117, special needs parenting

The White Noise of Disability

February 5, 2018 by Sarah Parshall Perry

It’s my birthday. What do I want, you ask? A little peace and quiet. That’s all. I want the fighting to stop, and the doors to stop slamming, and the dogs to stop barking, and the hollering for “can you bring me up a whatever” to just cease for a blasted minute, because kids are loud, and ours are louder. They are a next-level kind of loud. The loud of special needs and mental illness that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ADHD, Asperger, Autism, Behaviors, Hidden Disabilities, Joy, Living In The Moment, Mental Illness, Sarah Parshall Perry Tagged With: aspergers, autism, autism spectrum, christian parenting, Encouragement, parenting a child with special needs, parenting special needs, Special Needs parents

We’ve Moved to KeyMinistry.org

January 4, 2017 by Sandra Peoples 2 Comments

Find our new content at KeyMinistry.org

We are now part of the Key Ministry family and all our new content will be featured there. We'll leave this site up as a resource and hope you'll join our team of writers at our new home. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ADHD, Adoption, Amy Julia Becker, Asperger, Autism, Barbara Dittrich, Behaviors, Book Reviews, Cerebral Palsy, Church, Colleen Swindoll-Thompson, Craig Johnson, Debbie Kay, Down Syndrome, Ellen Stumbo, Emily Colson, encouragement groups, Epilepsy, Faith Clarke, Gillian Marchenko, Greg Lucas, Grief, Guest Posts, Hidden Disabilities, Jared Buckley, Jeff Davidson, Joe & Cindi, Jolene Philo, Joy, Kara Dedert, Karen Crum, Kathryn Sneed, Kathy Bolduc, Kelli Ra Anderson, Kelly Langston, Laurie Wallin, Learning Disability, Living In The Moment, Living Life Daily, Love, Medically Fragile, Mental Illness, Mike George, Mike Woods, Mood Disorders, Patience, Patty Myers, Peace, Pin It, Posts By Writers, Product Reviews, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Sandra Peoples, Sarah Broady, Sarah Parshall Perry, Scripture, Shannon Dingle, Shannon Royce, Special Needs Ministry, Stephanie Hubach, Stephanie Mckeever, Terminal Diagnosis, Thanksgiving, Transitions, Uncategorized, Weekend Links, Worship

…And Grace My Fears Relieved

November 4, 2016 by Karen Crum Leave a Comment

Amazing Grace is one of my all-time favorite songs.  Written by a former slave-trader who lived a less- than-stellar life before he met Christ, this usage defines grace as God’s eternal, life-saving, undeserved favor.  The origins of grace in Latin are related to thankfulness --and in Greek, to rejoicing. God is thankful and rejoices over us when we recognize and accept his graciousness (Isaiah … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hidden Disabilities, Joy, Karen Crum, Living Life Daily, Mental Illness, Mood Disorders, Peace, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized Tagged With: Amazing grace, blessings, faith, Finding joy in special needs, God's grace, overcoming anxiety, Overcoming fear, parenting special needs, support, trusting God, Worry

Rescue from a Sea of Stress

May 25, 2016 by Kathleen Bolduc 4 Comments

This is a story of rescue from a sea of stress... As so often happens, the Scripture readings in today’s daily devotional don’t just speak to my heart, they SHOUT OUT LOUD. From Psalm 88: “I am overwhelmed with troubles…” My husband Wally and I have known for a few weeks that our 31-year-old son’s day program is closing its doors next March. Day programs that fit Joel’s unique … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asperger, Autism, Behaviors, Kathy Bolduc, Living Life Daily, Mental Illness, Scripture, Transitions Tagged With: autism, autism spectrum, blessings, christian parenting, Encouragement

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