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Keeping Calm When My Child Isn’t

January 8, 2014 by Laurie Wallin Leave a Comment

She'd been ranting at me for 45 minutes. My muscles were tense. The ache in my shoulders crept up my neck and threatened to swallow my head whole. It wasn't me she was mad at. It wasn't even the trigger she ranted about that she was mad at. It was---almost always is---her mind spinning into Reactive Attachment Disorder and Bipolar Disorder lows. Moments full of obsessing over one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hidden Disabilities, Laurie Wallin, Mood Disorders, Uncategorized Tagged With: ADHD, managing mental illness, parenting special needs, self-care, support, taking care of ourselves, weary

Laying Down My Isaacs on the First Day of School

August 27, 2013 by Kelly Langston 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Autism, Joy, Kelly Langston, Living Life Daily, Peace, Thanksgiving Tagged With: ADHD, advice, autism, christian parenting, faith, family, Kelly Langston, parenting, parenting a child with special needs, school, special needs, special needs parenting

The Power of Laughter: A Story about Holiday Worship Services, an Autistic Son… and Angry Birds

March 26, 2013 by Kelly Langston 32 Comments

This Sunday, Christian families will take their children to an Easter worship service. Many families will be traveling with plans to visit a church home that is not their own. Other families struggle to find a place where their special needs children are welcomed. Visiting an unfamiliar church, particularly on a holiday, can put a family dealing with autism over the edge. That's why I'm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ADHD, Asperger, Autism, Behaviors, Joy, Kelly Langston, Living In The Moment, Living Life Daily, Patience, Scripture, Thanksgiving Tagged With: ADHD, advice, aspergers, autism, blessings, Encouragement, humour, joy, Kelly Langston, Laughter, not alone, special needs, worship

Your Vote For Our Families

February 20, 2013 by notaloneparents 6 Comments

Our blog has been selected as a finalist for "Favorite Special Needs Parenting Blog in the About.com Readers' Choice Award! We would highly appreciate your support because we're a faith-centered blog for parents and grandparents of children with special needs.  All children with special needs.  All families. Voting is easy and it only takes 90-seconds. Vote here for Not Alone...where special … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Thanksgiving Tagged With: ADHD, autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, not alone

Parenting

February 1, 2013 by notaloneparents Leave a Comment

“I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.” Mother Teresa … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Life Daily Tagged With: ADHD, autism spectrum, cerebral palsey, Down syndrome, faith, medically fragile, parenting

From Lonely To Living Again

January 11, 2013 by notaloneparents 18 Comments

“I feel so lonely”… my son just told me yesterday on the way home from school. He is currently 15 … AND A HALF (I am told to mention). From birth, I knew something wasn’t "right." He was diagnosed at 18 months with severe asthma and allergies, digestive complications, developmental delay, and immune system abnormalities. We almost lost him more than once. Then at three, Jon was diagnosed with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ADHD, Autism, Colleen Swindoll-Thompson, Posts By Writers Tagged With: ADHD, autism, Colleen Swindoll-Thompson, Insight For Living, not alone, ODD, special needs

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