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How I Respond When Someone Says, “I don’t know how you do it!

January 1, 2014 by Sandra Peoples 6 Comments

"I don't know how you do it." Special needs parents, raise your hand if this a sentiment you hear often. I hear it a lot. And I attempt a charming joke, "Not very well, that's how I do it." Small, calculated chuckles abound for five seconds making my conversation partner and I both feel good. But then the laughter dies, and I look away. I don't think the other person believes me when … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Autism, Down Syndrome, Gillian Marchenko

I don’t know how you do it

January 1, 2014 by Gillian Marchenko 4 Comments

"I don't know how you do it." Special needs parents, raise your hand if this a sentiment you hear often. I hear it a lot. And I attempt a charming joke, "Not very well, that's how I do it." Small, calculated chuckles abound for five seconds making my conversation partner and I both feel good. But then the laughter dies, and I look away. I don't think the other person believes me when … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Down Syndrome, Gillian Marchenko, Living Life Daily Tagged With: advice, christian parenting, Down syndrome, Encouragement, Gillian Marchenko, I don't know how you do it, parenting a child with special needs, parenting special needs

Special needs holiday challenge: pick one thing… And DO IT

December 4, 2013 by Gillian Marchenko 10 Comments

  Special needs holiday challenge: pick one thing... And DO IT The difficulty of doing After speaking to a group of moms about bridging the gap between families affected by special needs and others, one mom approaches me. "Can I talk to you? It is just getting harder to do things outside of the home now that my son is older. He gets over-stimulated in new environments, and it is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gillian Marchenko, Living In The Moment Tagged With: doing more with our special needs kids, Gillian Marchenko, not alone, special needs, special needs holiday challenge, special needs parenting, Special Needs parents

Daily Bread: parenting kids with special needs

November 6, 2013 by Gillian Marchenko 7 Comments

Daily Bread: parenting kids with special needs "How do you deal with the possibility that you could be a 'forever mom,' that is, that Polly and Evangeline may never leave home?" a young mom asks me after I finish sharing our family's story with her MOPS group. I get this question often. It makes sense. I have children with special needs. We are unsure of the future. Will they live on their own … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Down Syndrome, Gillian Marchenko, Living Life Daily Tagged With: Daily bread, Down syndrome, Encouragement, Gillian Marchenko, not alone, parenting a child with special needs, parenting kids with special needs, parenting special needs, special needs, special needs parenting, The Lord's Prayer

Setting a fly free, learning to hold on in special needs parenting from author Gillian Marchenko

October 2, 2013 by Gillian Marchenko 8 Comments

Setting a fly free, musings about special needs parenting from author Gillian Marchenko When special needs parents struggles, sometimes all they can do is hold on. Because their children are worth it. I sit here on Wednesday morning, second cup of coffee in hand, greasy hair, same yoga pants from yesterday, Polly and Evangeline (who both have Down syndrome) watch Angelina Ballerina for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Down Syndrome, Gillian Marchenko, Uncategorized Tagged With: Encouragement, Gillian Marchenko, not alone, parenting a child with special needs, parenting special needs, special needs parenting, Sun Shine Down

Sun Shine Down

September 30, 2013 by michael 2 Comments

“I know of other mothers who have children with disabilities, and right away they loved them and decided to fight for them.  That isn’t my story.” –Gillian Marchenko Sun Shine Down, Gillian Marchenko’s memoir, is an honest and poignant tale of a mother’s life shattered by Down syndrome. In her memoir, Gillian recounts the birth of Polly, her third daughter by emergency c-section,  in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Gillian Marchenko Tagged With: Gillian Marchenko, Sun Shine Down

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