Gracefilled Growth Blog | Sarah Lango | Special Needs Parenting |Faith

Mar 6
2 min

The Impact of Trauma

Trauma. I think my therapist said it best. “Trauma is like a bomb.” Indeed. A bomb that goes off right in the middle of life— leaving nothing untouched. M...

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Sarah Lango

Jan 14
2 min

Today I Laid Down My Child's Healing

Recently I laid down my child’s healing. I just let it go. *hold your judgment here* Something strange happened over the last few months. It started with st...

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Sarah Lango

Dec 2, 2019
2 min

Maybe God Isn't Good

Maybe God isn’t good. Maybe He doesn’t really love me. He must not see me here. He must not care about my heartache and anguish and struggle. God couldn’t po...

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Sarah Lango

Sep 6, 2019
3 min

Special Needs Community-- I See You

Some days I wish I had never stepped foot on this journey. Some days I wish my eyes had never gazed upon this hidden road in all it’s winding ways. Some days...

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Sarah Lango

Aug 27, 2019
3 min

Seeing God in the Mess of Transformation

I took a deep breathe as I glanced around my house. There was Sheetrock spackle everywhere. EVERYWHERE. I mean think a glitter explosion gone wrong—but worse...

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Sarah Lango

Aug 7, 2019
3 min

No, It Won't Be Okay-- But Yes, It Will

“It will be okay“— I’ve caught some flack for sharing these words with other mommas on this medically complex journey. And I get it. So today, as I sit here ...

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Sarah Lango

Jul 23, 2019
2 min

We Don't Talk About Her Future-- the lament of a medical fragile mom

We don’t talk about her future. Not much anyways. It’s kinda odd really, when I put it in writing. There is this unspoken thing we do. Where I know we know. ...

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Sarah Lango

Jul 17, 2019
2 min

Why Exercising Your Spiritual Muscle Matters

It’s a funny thing. Three months ago I purchase these brand new running shoes. I used to be an athlete—back in my younger years. Running, and lifting, and wo...

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Sarah Lango

Jul 2, 2019
3 min

Lord, Just Get Me Through The Storm

“Lord, just get me through this storm.” I found myself driving— alone, in the middle of a place I knew nothing about, with the wind and rain beating against ...

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Sarah Lango

Jun 26, 2019
2 min

Every Home Needs a Toddler

Why does everyone need a toddler? Everyone needs a toddler because a toddler doesn’t care. A toddler doesn’t care if you’re wearing the same sweatpants that ...

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Sarah Lango

Jun 14, 2019
2 min

Dear Parent of an Un-well child: It's Not Your Fault

To the parent of an un-well child-- It’s not your fault— This is what I deeply and desperately want you to know: If your child is sick, or suffering, or stru...

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Sarah Lango

May 29, 2019
3 min

When Someone with your child's diagnosis passes away

Something really interesting happens when you observe a child die from the same catastrophic diagnosis that your child has. Something really heart-wrenchingl...

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Sarah Lango

May 20, 2019
2 min

How to stop dehumanizing those with Special Needs & Disabilities

As parents of special needs kiddos we recognize that our kids are different. Maybe they process the world around them differently. Perhaps their emotions com...

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Sarah Lango

May 8, 2019
4 min

Have you ever wanted to walk away from God?

I stood there helplessly watching as they loaded my baby who was currently seizing into the helicopter. It had been over an hour. She had received multiple m...

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Sarah Lango

May 1, 2019
3 min

You ARE Capable--the must-read pep talk for your day

I stood staring at the multiple levels of shelves, completely overwhelmed. I had already been up and down each aisle several times. I would pick something up...

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Sarah Lango

Apr 16, 2019
2 min

To the ones who truly See Us on this Medically Complex Journey

When you live in a medically fragile scenario for an ongoing amount of time, it is easy to begin to feel invisible. Your world is suddenly drastically change...

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Sarah Lango

Apr 11, 2019
3 min

How to See God in the Darkness

“The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. Psalm 23:1-2 For mos...

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Sarah Lango

Apr 8, 2019
2 min

To the Mom who just received her child's hard medical diagnosis

The day I received my daughters official medical diagnosis is one that will forever stand out in my mind. We had just returned home from running an errand wh...

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Sarah Lango

Mar 28, 2019
3 min

Ever feel like you have nothing left to give?

Do you ever just feel done? Empty? Over it? Like you’ve got nothing left to offer? As the momma to 3 kiddos, one with extra medical needs—I have found this t...

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Sarah Lango

Mar 12, 2019
3 min

Finding Purpose in Your Pain

I’ll never forget the moment when someone said words intended to ease pain, but instead it felt more painful. In the thick of my hard place, when I was unsur...

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Hope & Help for the Special Needs Mama

The Impact of Trauma

Today I Laid Down My Child's Healing

Maybe God Isn't Good

Special Needs Community-- I See You

Seeing God in the Mess of Transformation

No, It Won't Be Okay-- But Yes, It Will

We Don't Talk About Her Future-- the lament of a medical fragile mom

Why Exercising Your Spiritual Muscle Matters

Lord, Just Get Me Through The Storm

Every Home Needs a Toddler

Dear Parent of an Un-well child: It's Not Your Fault

When Someone with your child's diagnosis passes away

How to stop dehumanizing those with Special Needs & Disabilities

Have you ever wanted to walk away from God?

You ARE Capable--the must-read pep talk for your day

To the ones who truly See Us on this Medically Complex Journey

How to See God in the Darkness

To the Mom who just received her child's hard medical diagnosis

Ever feel like you have nothing left to give?

Finding Purpose in Your Pain

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