Truth About Adoption

Truth About Adoption

Thank you to Leah Lundgren Spring for sharing today’s contribution. May God use it to grow our understanding, compassion, respect, and vision! As the world churns with troubling questions, let us consider the range of options, collaborate to make more solutions...
Extraordinary Service

Extraordinary Service

It was 6:30 pm on a Saturday night and we weren’t dressed for it. We’d been browsing garden stores for the afternoon and ordering Larry’s new grill for Father’s Day. After two weeks isolated at home with Covid-19, Larry, Carly and I were...
Life Is in the Details When Special Needs Parenting

Life Is in the Details When Special Needs Parenting

There are just so many details to navigate. Visions of summer vacations are starting to creep into my head. It may only be April, but I am anxious for some breaks and really looking forward to connection opportunities with family. Planning and preparing for vacations...
Parents Make Hard Decisions for Their Kids

Parents Make Hard Decisions for Their Kids

We live in a post Easter world. What mercy! I don’t want to imagine being Carly’s mom — being any kind of person, in any kind of role — in a world without Jesus, the cross, the empty tomb. I know that you know what I’m talking about. You don’t have to be the parent of...
Creating Space for Special Siblings

Creating Space for Special Siblings

Two in every seven families has at least one member with a disability (US Census Bureau 2007). And an April 2018 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that 1 in 59 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). These...
Disability Take Us Deeper

Disability Take Us Deeper

Spirit lead me where my trust is without bordersLet me walk upon the watersWherever You would call meTake me deeper than my feet could ever wanderAnd my faith will be made strongerIn the presence of my Savior— from Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) © Hillsong Music...