On All Fours When my youngest Jeremiah was a baby, I fondly remember him playing one morning and God revealing something special to me. Jeremiah was at that age where babies start crawling, and at the time I didn’t think he would crawl at all, he just didn’t seem interested in it. He would roll to …
Better Together I read a powerful book years ago called “The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog. What traumatized children can teach us about loss, love, and healing.” The book is written by Bruce Perry, a child psychiatrist who shares stories of some of the children he has worked with over the years and how …
Welcome to Holland There’s this poem that they give to just about every parent when your child gets diagnosed with autism. The poem is called “Welcome to Holland” by Emily Perl Kingsley. Here is the poem: I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability – to try to help people …
It’s The Little Things I remember the day I found out I was pregnant with my first child, I was so excited. I loved every moment of being pregnant, the astounding process of another person growing and developing inside of me felt like such a privilege. My son’s entrance into the world was drama-filled; full of tears, …
Buddy System In the military they have a program called the Buddy System. Essentially what this benefit does, is it allows friends to enlist together guaranteeing they go through basic training together and also get to be assigned to the same duty location for their first base (https://www.goarmy.com/benefits/additional-incentives/buddy-team.html). I know all about this because once upon …