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A Tribute to Mothers

Happy Mother’s Day!  It has been a rough year for most of the mom’s who are raising a child with Special Needs.  I “tip my hat” to you and hope you feel honored--especially on this day. I’ve spoken with a lot of moms through the years and although they love being a mom, many of them will say they are “exhausted”, feel “overlooked” and struggle with being a “guilt magnet”.  Maybe some of you feel this way on occasion. Do you ever wonder if mothers have always felt that way [...]

By |2021-05-08T09:04:36-05:00May 3rd, 2021|General, motherhood|Comments Off on A Tribute to Mothers
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Spectacular Sunset!

I’ve always been a sucker for a beautiful sunset.  I’ve been known to pull off to the side of the road just to take a picture of one. I think my first purchased piece of art was of a sunset, my phone is filled with sunset pictures and, of course, my favorite color is orange! I find sunsets to be … well, magical. I think the reason I am so taken by sunsets is that it is clear evidence of something only God can do. Man can and has made [...]

By |2020-02-26T11:41:13-05:00February 26th, 2020|faith, General, perspective, thankful, Uncategorized|10 Comments
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O Holy Night

One of our favorite Christmas traditions is hearing and singing Christmas carols.  There is something comforting about the familiarity of the carols and how we are still singing the same songs that we sang as children. My absolute favorite Christmas carol is “O Holy Night.”  I’m not sure why, but I love to sing it—especially on Christmas Eve.  One line in the song says, “a thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices.” As I listen to the news this evening with its political polarization, mass shootings and unrest in the [...]

By |2019-12-14T09:15:29-05:00December 14th, 2019|General, holidays, perspective, Uncategorized|5 Comments
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“I was wrong”

Recently, Brian sent me this cartoon.  We both found it funny --- probably because it hit a little too close to home. Why is it so hard for both of us to say “I was wrong?”  More importantly, why is it so necessary to say it when you have done or said something that is wrong? In a previous blog, we talked about the power of forgiveness.  Forgiveness not only brings healing to the one receiving the forgiveness, but also to the one offering it.  “To forgive is to set [...]

By |2019-08-01T12:14:22-05:00August 1st, 2019|argue, conflict, General, Uncategorized|Comments Off on “I was wrong”
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Collateral Damage

I remember the day my husband and I sat in the doctor’s office in Washington DC’s Children’s Hospital and received the news that the concerns we had over Mary’s lack of development were indeed due to brain damage.  Trying to absorb the full implication of the doctor’s words was overwhelming. So, we took in what we could process and started on a lifelong journey to absorb the rest (Brian and I absorbing things at different rates).  When we heard the news, I thought of the shattered dreams I had for [...]

By |2019-07-10T21:23:42-05:00July 10th, 2019|General, Grief, Grieving, perspective, Uncategorized|2 Comments
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“Lord, I can’t do this!”

“Lord, I can’t do this!”.  I don’t know how many times I have stood in my kitchen (or bedroom, or wherever) and have uttered these words.  Perhaps it was when Mary had a meltdown in public or I had to clean up a mess she had made or when someone said something hurtful or dismissive to her. I’m sure that sometimes, it was just an emotional reaction to something I didn’t want to do.  But there were times when it was a literal statement, “This is beyond me, Lord. I [...]

By |2019-05-10T06:59:04-05:00May 10th, 2019|General, Grief, Harder, Uncategorized|Comments Off on “Lord, I can’t do this!”
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Conflict in a Marriage

Recently, Brian and I have been going through a difficult patch. Not uncommon in most marriages and not challenging our commitment to each other, but difficult nonetheless. Our differences in style and time management and personality traits (which has existed for 30+ years), now just seems to be a source of irritation. We’ve tried to talk through some of these issues, but haven’t been able (yet) to come to a “convergence of the minds”. Have you ever been there? We still love each other, but I confess that my heart [...]

By |2019-01-24T18:57:53-05:00January 24th, 2019|conflict, General, prayer|Comments Off on Conflict in a Marriage
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Isolation

Well, the Hallmark Christmas movie season is upon us.  Brian, who isn’t one for movies in general, has probably never seen a Hallmark movie; but I confess, that on more than one occasion, I’ve taken my box of tissues and watched a Hallmark movie.  Of course, in a Hallmark movie everything turns out splendidly: families are reunited; true loves are rediscovered; wayward children return home and organ transplants come through at the last minute and it’s a perfect match! I truly wish all of life’s problems could be solved in [...]

By |2018-11-01T06:05:47-05:00October 31st, 2018|isolation, relationships, Uncategorized|3 Comments
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To help or not to help, that is the question!

A commonly asked questions that we hear from friends who don’t have a child with a disability is, “Should we offer to help someone when their disabled child has a need, or will offering help offend the parents?”  We generally know how we would answer that question, but this is an individual decision.  We would love to hear some feedback on this, as we think this topic might provide for an interesting conversation! Because Mary is non-verbal, she often tries to communicate her wishes and desires through her behavior, more [...]

By |2018-10-11T15:46:54-05:00October 11th, 2018|help, perspective, teamwork, thankful, Uncategorized|Comments Off on To help or not to help, that is the question!
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Finding Time For Each Other

Facebook, I think, has changed how we live and think about ourselves.  I love that I have been able to reconnect with old friends on FB and find out what is going on in their lives; but I hate the fact that looking at Facebook can also make us feel worse about our lives.  Too often, we allow ourselves to compare our lives to those of our friends' on Facebook, and we are led to believe that we come up woefully short.  Everyone’s life “seems” more exciting and glamorous than [...]

By |2018-09-20T06:11:29-05:00September 20th, 2018|General, teamwork, time, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Finding Time For Each Other
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