Disability/Special Needs
How to Thrive in the Aftermath of Interrupted Plans and Shattered Dreams
If we’re honest, we all experience it: the shattering of our dreams, an interruption in our well-planned life. It’s unexpected, many times devastating, and it often doesn’t make sense, humanly speaking. Because most often our plans are good ones. They involve things that would lift people up, provide for others, and even honor God in the process.…
Bring Light and Life into the Dark and Empty: Love Well
The idea of love appeals to nearly everyone. True love transforms lives, bringing light and life into the dark and empty. But few of us demonstrate love well. We may do okay with our families and close friends, but universally, many of us fail miserably in the love column. Many things get in our way. Time.…
Celebrating Every Life (because every life matters)
This lovely song and video touched me deeply, stirring up emotions that rest dormant in my dailiness. Through tears of tenderness, I’m sharing this video with all of you who love someone who has special needs. And to you, Rachel: I couldn’t love you more! You’ve blessed my life far more than I’ve blessed yours.…
Sometimes I Lose Sight of Hope, but He’s There (A Prayer)
Just because I sometimes lose sight of hope, doesn’t mean it’s not there. “Are we willing to completely rely on God when nothing else makes sense?”—Jo Ann Fore, When A Woman Finds Her Voice Dear Lord, As I look at Rachel. Her well-formed body—outwardly complete, yet inwardly somehow different. I wonder, is this a mistake—a…
How To Affect Change Right Where You Are
In some sessions, I couldn’t jot down notes fast enough. In others, I nodded as the presenter imparted wisdom I had learned earlier. This was a good conference. One in which education and transition successes were shared and processes discussed. But as I stepped out of one particularly helpful session where I had gathered connections…
Discover the Perfect Plan
“The will of God is never exactly what you expect it to be. It may seem to be much worse, but in the end it’s going to be a lot better and a lot bigger.” —Elisabeth Elliot My Plan My plan for my life did not include a child who would have verbal language of…
The World Needs You
“If Rachel didn’t have special needs, then she would be a pain and she wouldn’t be Rachel.” A statement out of the mouths of babes—my babes, that is. And oh so profound. These words came from two of my boys years ago when asked if they wished their sister didn’t have special needs. I couldn’t be more…
How Have You Been Surprised By the Unlikely?
I grew up expecting, and living, a “normal” life. I’d go to school, get a job, find a spouse, bear children, take a few vacations, grow old and die. Nothing spectacular. Nothing out of the ordinary. That’s just how life is supposed to proceed for someone like me. And that is how it went ……
A New Definition of Special Needs [that includes you]
My Facebook post began with “Rachel, my 14-year-old daughter with special needs … “, and I cringed. Something about the term “special needs” bugs me, but most people know that it means she has issues that require more assistance and monitoring than normal. So in the interest of time and space, I chose to use…
In Which We Serve the Least
I didn’t choose to be the mother of a child with special needs. I was blessed with the opportunity. It amazes me when others willingly take on the responsibility of caring for the more “needy.” Recently I stumbled upon something I said to my children years ago (who encouraged me to jot it down): “Some of…
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Hello, I'm Julie, an imperfect wife and mother of four. Life in this broken world is not always easy. Yet, joy can be found in each day through the grace and mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I find it's easy for our day's blessings to get lost in its happenings. But God's "mercies never end" (Lamentations 3:22) and His "grace is sufficient" (2 Corinthians 12:9).
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