Confession of a Special Needs Parent: She’s Just One of the Kids
Like comic books with floating bubbles showing what people say, I sometimes feel as if my girls were walking around with little floating bubbles that tout, “Down syndrome” or, ‘”cerebral palsy.” I really wish those little bubbles could...
Confessions of a Special Needs Parent: The Back to School Terrifies Me
Excitement is muddled with fear as a new school-year approaches. I’m ready for some quiet around the house but I have two kids with special needs and the back to school terrifies me. My youngest has Down syndrome and she thrives on routine. We had Kindergarten...
My Child’s Disability Is Not a Tragedy
My daughter was zooming through the toy aisles at Wal-Mart with her walker, I was chasing her and asking her to stop or else there would be no Lala Loopsie. Actually, she had more of a run-run-glide thing going on. One of the workers was standing on a ladder arranging...Coming to Terms With His Diagnosis
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Stephanie Sumulong for a summer series highlighting great bloggers who focus on disability. Coming to terms with Down syndrome wasn’t actually that hard for me when my son, Owen, was born. We were told in the...
It’s More Than Just a Choir Concert
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Leah Spring for a summer series highlighting great bloggers who focus on disability. It was Angela’s spring choir concert. I have to tell you, these choir concerts are bitter sweet for me. I waffle from loving all she...
Ellen Stumbo writes and speaks about finding beauty in brokenness with gritty honesty and openness. She's passionate about sharing the real – sometimes beautiful and sometimes ugly – aspects of faith, parenting, special needs, and adoption. Ellen’s writing has appeared on Focus on the Family, LifeWay, MomSense, Not Alone, Mamapedia and the Huffington Post.