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Good Grief!

When you are parenting a child with special needs, there often is a sense of loss ... a loss of dreams, expectations and your own independence. And with loss, comes grieving.  Unlike some other circumstances where there is grieving, when there is a child with special needs, grief often recycles and rears its ugly head at life’s milestones. When our daughter turned 16 there weren’t jokes about her getting her driver’s license or dating.  Milestones often can "remind” us of your loss and trigger all those feelings that come with [...]

By |2018-06-28T06:21:48-05:00June 28th, 2018|Grieving|1 Comment

“Tell me something I don’t know”

Your marriage, given that you have a child with special needs, will, in reality, be harder than if you had a typical child. (Hence the title—“tell me something I don’t know”). Normal things like going on a family vacation, going out to a restaurant, even going to church are more difficult. Countless doctor’s appointments, physical therapy, speech, behavior plans, restricted diets and med adjustments can be overwhelming and a reminder that our lives are anything but “normal”.  Sometimes it feels like we are constantly swimming against the current. Life is [...]

By |2018-06-21T21:02:34-05:00June 21st, 2018|Harder|2 Comments

Welcome to Our Special Marriage

Welcome to the first entry of OUR SPECIAL MARRIAGE! This site seeks to give couples who are facing the challenges of raising a child with special needs the tools, insights and most importantly, the hope to have a marriage that doesn’t just survive, but thrives.  We also anticipate that it will become a safe place for you to ask questions and hear from other couples. We have been married for 33 years and have 3 children. Our daughter Mary is 32 and considered multiply disabled and non-verbal. Our marriage was [...]

By |2018-08-05T06:55:54-05:00June 14th, 2018|General|4 Comments

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