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7 Tips For Summer Gatherings

July 13, 2016 by Barbara Dittrich 1 Comment

Please tell me I am not the only one who cringes with mixed emotions about summer get-togethers!  I love the warm weather, time outdoors, and opportunities to connect in a relaxed setting.  Still, I know these reunions, weddings, graduation parties, and family picnics will get my children's diagnoses to be noticed in ways I would rather forget. I fight dread anticipating the comments from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Barbara Dittrich, Behaviors, Living Life Daily Tagged With: advice, comments of others, community, family, summer

Condescension

December 17, 2013 by Barbara Dittrich 3 Comments

Belittled by neighbors.  Spoken down to by family.  Treated less-than by those who have initials after their names or positions of authority.  Sadly, this is a common experience for us who are raising children with special needs.  "Experts" and commoners alike have no problem giving full-air to their opinions, unflinchingly telling us where they think we are going wrong.  It is seriously … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Barbara Dittrich, Living Life Daily, Peace, Scripture Tagged With: Christmas, comments of others, insults, Jesus' sacrifice

“I Don’t Know How You Do It!”

June 18, 2013 by Barbara Dittrich 35 Comments

Face it.  We parents of children with special needs could be independently wealthy if we had a dollar for every silly remark we hear from others.  Comments range from well-intentioned and misinformed to downright rude.  But after any length of time, every parent raising a child with unique abilities will inevitably hear, “I don’t know how you do it!” I’m never certain how to take that comment.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Barbara Dittrich, Living Life Daily, Love Tagged With: Barbara Dittrich, Christian Living, christian parenting, comments of others, Encouragement, faith, hope, life management, parenting a child with special needs, Special Needs parents

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