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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

You (Not What You Do as a Parent) Are a Gift to Your Child

September 15, 2017 by Karen Crum

The week after my child was diagnosed with autism, I held it together for a few days and then sobbed uncontrollably while speaking to my friend/psychologist over the phone.  I stood in the bathroom where I went to talk alone and gazed at my swollen eyes and red face in the mirror.  I was in a panic because my child was three and had missed out on some intensive early intervention as her diagnoses … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Life Daily Tagged With: being a present parent, Encouragement, encouragement for special needs, gifts of parenting, mindful parenting, self-care

Fuel for the Journey

September 13, 2017 by Kathleen Bolduc

Parenting may be one of the most rewarding jobs on earth, but it is also one of the most difficult. I am the mother of three sons. My youngest, Joel (32), has autism along with an anxiety disorder and severe kyphosis of the spine. Parenting a child with a disability is especially demanding, requiring surpluses of energy, patience and perseverance beyond, at times, what seems humanly possible. As … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kathy Bolduc, Peace Tagged With: self-care

How Are You, Really?

September 8, 2017 by Jonathan McGuire

“How are you?” Such seemingly simple words that are often used in passing. Acceptable social responses range from fine, good, or great. Sometimes if someone wants to be slightly more real they will say “tired” followed by a quick laugh. Have you ever met someone that you felt you could be real enough with to give an answer beyond the standard “good”? This happened one Sunday morning to my wife, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Jonathan McGuire, Living Life Daily Tagged With: self-care

Top Five Self-Care Tips for Special-Needs Parents

September 30, 2016 by Sandra Peoples Leave a Comment

Self-care is a phrase that gets tossed around often, but for special-needs parents, self-care is not optional. If we don’t care for ourselves, we can’t properly care for the children God has given us. Last October I focused on self-care for the entire month of October and shared what I learned on my blog. Five tips seemed to resonate most with the readers of my site and I'm sharing them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sandra Peoples Tagged With: self-care

Bitter or Better?

June 8, 2016 by Barbara Dittrich 15 Comments

I can remember it like it was yesterday. The sassy, obese mother of a teenage boy on the autism spectrum, sitting there each week as her son’s adaptive aquatics class overlapped with my young son's session -- We would chat on occasion. She was always so snarky, spouting off about her useless husband, her irritating teenagers, and the limitless ways life had done her wrong.  I swear there was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Barbara Dittrich, Living Life Daily Tagged With: bitterness, perspective, self-care

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