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“Doctor Mom”

January 19, 2016 by Barbara Dittrich 11 Comments

Have you ever had a commercial slogan or jingle stuck in your head? Of course you have! I’m dating myself, I know, but back in the early ‘90’s there was a commercial that used to tout a certain cough syrup’s superiority by boasting that it was not only prescribed by physicians and pharmacists, but it was also recommended by “Doctor Mom.”  It stuck with me.  The implication was that because of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Barbara Dittrich, Living Life Daily Tagged With: experience, mentoring, wisdom

Take It To the Mattresses

July 24, 2015 by Sarah 3 Comments

Another school year looms around the corner. We just moved from one state to another when school was out in mid-June. School in the old state started the last week of August and ended in mid-June. School in the new state starts the first week of August and ends in mid-May. That leaves my kids, who are moving from a late-starting school to an early-starting school, only 6 glorious weeks of summer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Autism, Sarah Broady, Uncategorized Tagged With: autism, IEP, school, wisdom

God Is Enough

September 26, 2013 by Jolene Philo 9 Comments

This week I'm visiting the vast, remote South Dakota country where we lived when our son was born. I'm driving on roads that look like they stretch out forever over miles and miles of short grass prairie in a county with more pronghorn antelope than people per square mile. Each day, I fight an irrational urge to travel the long miles between the tiny town of Camp Crook, where I am staying, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Posts, Jolene Philo, Living In The Moment, Mental Illness Tagged With: EA/TEF, God's sufficiency, memories, wisdom

Advice

January 15, 2013 by Barbara Dittrich 3 Comments

I sat there reeling as the doctor proclaimed, “Well, there’s no easy way to say it.  Charlie has hemophilia.”  It felt like a bad dream I was going to wake from.  My skin felt numb.  The lighting in the room seemed bright and psychedelic.  Surely this couldn’t be happening.  Yet, there I sat holding this sweet, innocent, fragile baby, my worst dream having become a reality. As life went forward … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Barbara Dittrich, Living Life Daily, Scripture Tagged With: advice, discernment, wisdom

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