Parenting

• 25 Scriptures to Pray for Your Child's School Year

  

  As the school year approaches, and we find ourselves busy buying supplies and new clothes and doing other tasks to get ready for the new school year, I start to feel a little anxious. Will our kids h...

• An Encouraging Bible Verse For Overwhelmed Special Needs Parents

  

  There’s a verse in Isaiah that I have found very encouraging and reassuring for parents, especially as a parent of two children with special needs. “He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers...

• Embracing Life and Spiritual Victory as a Christian Special Needs Mother

  

  This special needs parenting journey is no joke. And being a Christian special needs parent adds in the struggle of trusting that God has a plan for your good and your child's good amidst all the wor...

• Embracing Your Identity When You Feel Like Just a Special Needs Parent

  

  I remember a time, several years ago when my kids were about two and four, when I joined a MOPs (Mothers of Preschoolers) group. I was excited to have provided childcare and a break from all the ther...

• 30 Scriptures to Pray For Your Child(ren)

  

  Prayer is powerful and the fact that you want to pray for your children is an awesome thing. No matter the age, ability, and personality of your children, they need our prayers. It is a privilege as ...

• Embracing God's Love As A Special Needs Parent

  

  One day I was experiencing an unusually hard day. I was frustrated with my children who had missed their nap because we had been at an appointment that lasted way longer than it should have and now t...

• 4 Tips for the Christian Parent Overwhelmed with Your Child’s Diagnosis

  

  When your child receives a diagnosis, (or several, like both of my sons) it is easy to feel overwhelmed. Overwhelmed by emotions, overwhelmed by all the things to learn and do to care for your child,...

• How You and Your Special Needs Child Are Blooming

  

  I went for a walk the other day, just soaking in God's creation unfurling after a long winter, when I happened upon a flower growing through a crack in the road. At first, I was sad for it. There w...

• Four Ways To Embrace And Support Your Child with Special Needs

  

  We love our children fiercely. Like Maya says in the second episode of Speechless, when told to not worry about her son JJ, who has cerebral palsy, she said "I can't. He's my whole world." I totally ...

• For the Special Needs Mama Who Feels She's Not Doing Enough

  

  One day, it felt like everything that could go wrong on a simple outing with my two boys with special needs, did go wrong. We experienced not one, not two, but three epic meltdowns. My older son was ...

• Encouragement for Special Needs Parents From Finding Nemo and Finding Dory

  

  I've watched Finding Nemo and Finding Dory multiple times, but it didn't hit me until recently that both Nemo's and Dory's parents are special needs parents and they have different approaches to rais...

• Three Ways Christian Moms Can Practice Self-Care

  

  This mom thing is a hard gig. Sure, it's got its rewards, but it can be exhausting, and you can lose yourself in it. You can become so consumed in parenting that you forget who you are and what you'r...

• How to Nurture the Fruit of the Spirit in Your Children

  

  I’ll admit, it is easy to focus our time and attention on our children’s personalities and development and behaviors and skills and busy schedules and overlook the fact that we should be teaching and...

• Why Being a Special Needs Parent Isn't Something to Fear

  

  I overheard two expectant mamas talking in a Chick-fil-A play area. They sat together on one bench, while their 3 or 4 year-old boys played together, and they each were expecting a boy. I watched my ...