The last few months my son has really been struggling. He's dealing with multiple issues that he has had since he was young...and short of divine intervention, this will not be the last time that he deals with these issues, I am sure. Like many of your children, he has co-morbid conditions and multiple diagnosis'...some of them are more accepted than others. He has autism and that is something … [Read more...]
When Your Options Are Few
If you are in a place where you feel stuck and with no options…God sees and knows your situation. I truly believe that He has you in that place for a purpose. The best thing you can do is lay your frustrations, your fears, your anger, your anxiety and all the negative feelings you have about the situation on God’s altar. God wants to show you more of Himself. He wants you to learn to trust and … [Read more...]
I can’t, but God can…
I think any parent feels overwhelmed at times...there are so many demands placed on them in life. I've met many single parents of special needs children and I think for them, the feeling of being overwhelmed can spring up quite often... especially if there isn't a big support system in place to help give any kind of break. It can be a bit overwhelming at times when you know, no one is going … [Read more...]
Eternal Rewards
This week, I was reading from the book of John, chapter 9. The chapter is about a man who was blind and Jesus healed him. In the 2nd verse, from the Amplified Version, the disciples asked Jesus this question " Rabbi, who sinned: this man or his parents, causing him to be born blind?” Jesus answered, "It was not that this man or his parents sinned, but he was born blind in order that the … [Read more...]
When Words Won’t Come
As I've prayed about what to write today, the phrase keeps coming to mind, "when words won't come." I have a feeling almost all who are reading this, have found yourselves many times at that place of weariness and sadness where you just don't even know what words to pray. Your heart is so heavy and you try to pray, yet tears are all that come... My son and I have been at that place this week. … [Read more...]
You’re Not Alone
C.S. Lewis has a quote that I love...“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” I think most of us have felt alone in our circumstances at least once in lives. I certainly felt alone when my son received the diagnosis of Autism at the age of two and a half. My son Ryan, will be twenty in a few months and the years have … [Read more...]