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...

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...

“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...

“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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Every motherhood journey requires some amount of balance. BUT, this journey has taken balance to a whole new level. I feel as if I spend ...

I’ll never forget that day. The one that changed my life forever. The day when it all got REAL, if you know what I mean? My faith could n...

I had read this particular Scripture before, I’m certain. But this time was different. As I read, one specific verse jumped out at me. It...

Bedtime. It seems like a pretty simple concept. One that takes place every single day. Yet, when you parent a medically complex child, ev...

We have a tendency as human beings to equate Thanksgiving with a good life. Gratitude becomes situational, rather than intentional. But, ...

Parenting a medically fragile child means taking certain precautions. Many children with special needs also have compromised immune syste...