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How to Rise Above Disappointment

June 6, 2018 by Kathleen Bolduc

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. (Psalm 118:1) These are the first words I read in my devotional book this morning as I sit on the beach, alone, disappointment hanging over me like a big, black cloud. I watch the waves ebb and flow, leaving rainbow-flecked foam in their wake. I want to give thanks to the Lord, but disappointment makes thanksgiving almost … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Autism, Behaviors, Kathy Bolduc, Love, Scripture, Thanksgiving Tagged With: autism, Disappointment, parenting a child with special needs, parenting special needs, special needs parenting, thankfulness and special needs

Loving our kids as we love ourselves?

March 23, 2018 by Faith Clarke

People look at you and say, “I don’t know how you do it,” and you aren’t quite sure what they are talking about. You just did what was necessary. You learned about sensory integration, drug interactions, reflex integration, nutritional therapies, coffee enemas, methylation, verbal behavior training, brain gym, and a host of other things, just to help your child take one step forward... (excerpt … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Autism, Faith Clarke, Living Life Daily Tagged With: autism, autism mom, Faith Clarke, love, parenting, sacrifice, self-care

The Sprinkled Blessings of Living with Autism

March 14, 2018 by Kathleen Bolduc

One snowy Saturday my fourteen-year-old son Joel and I bundled up to visit Janet, a friend just home from the hospital. Eight short weeks before, Janet had a stare-down with death and won. Joel didn’t really know Janet. She was an old friend of mine who lived out of town during much of his childhood. When she moved back to Cincinnati, we only saw each other once or twice a year. And yet, “Let’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Autism, Behaviors, Kathy Bolduc, Living Life Daily, Love Tagged With: autism, blessings, gratitude, not alone, parenting a child with special needs, parenting special needs, prayer, Special Needs Children, special needs parenting

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

Help in a Flash

February 2, 2018 by Emily Colson

To every stranger that steps in, especially in such unexpected ways…Thank you! Max and I aren’t planning to go anywhere, exactly. It’s more that we’re planning to go everywhere. But now a days the criteria for doing so has changed. When I was a kid you could pack up your woodcarving tools, wheel them onto a 747, and whittle a spear mid-flight. But things are different now. The world is different … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asperger, Autism, Behaviors, Emily Colson, Joy, Living In The Moment, Living Life Daily Tagged With: autism, Dancing With Max, Emily Colson, parenting a child with special needs, special needs, Special Needs parents

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