Hope & Help for the Special Needs Mama

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 n...

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...

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 strug...

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 win...

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

“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 t...

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. Wh...

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,...

“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 r...

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 s...

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, o...

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

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

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...

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

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 suddenl...

“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. ...

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 ...

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’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 pla...