Being Aware and Taking Care: Helping Those Who Are Failing to Thrive
“One of her lambs isn’t doing well.” Kyler has always loved animals and being able to work on the farm at her high school was a dream...
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Apr 121 min read
Siblings of the Autism Spectrum Understand the Value of Words
Her first word was, “Hi.” And she was the bane of a few of her elementary teachers. Typical parent-teacher conference comments were…...
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Dec 13, 20232 min read
Is There Room For Everyone In Your Nativity Set?
We had two nativity sets when our kids were young. You know, we’re super Christian. Well… maybe we had two nativity sets because their...
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Feb 14, 20233 min read
Surrendering My Inflated Expectations for the Best Balloon Filled Birthday
Have you planned something that didn’t live up to your expectations? Part of surrender for me has been a sloooooow, sometimes painful,...
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Aug 22, 20222 min read
Slow Growth is Still Growth: Social / Emotional Growth of a teen on the Autism Spectrum
Imagine 60 high school students. Now add sleeping in tents in a campground by the beach for a week. The sight? The sound? The smell? It...
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Aug 3, 20222 min read
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made (So why do I sometimes want to hide him?)
It’s easier to hide. Honestly. It would be so much easier to hide at home, easier to let Thomas play on his device all day, easier to not...
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Jul 8, 20222 min read
The LIGHT of Autism
July 26 The Light of Autism I’ve often said that Thomas is a light for the love of Jesus. But that light, the light of Jesus that shines...
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Nov 21, 20193 min read
Plans to Prosper in Risk and Captivity
Cousins and risk-taking are a few of my kids’ favorite things. At our last cousin-date, the gas powered go cart was dragged out. The...
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