I Dreamed He Could Talk
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Kelli McIntosh for a summer series highlighting great writers who focus on disability. It was a typical morning. The sun had not yet risen and I was up before everyone else. I was enjoying my cup of coffee while sitting...
A Different Kind of Beautiful
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Vicki Neely for a summer series highlighting great writers who focus on disability. There is a beautiful, inspiring video called “Dear Future Mom”, addressing a mother-to-be whose unborn child has Down syndrome....
Searching for the Good
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Leilani Haywood for a summer series highlighting great writers who focus on disability. “D’Andra, you need to get dressed to get on the bus,” I said for what seemed the 500th time. She smiled and continued to write...
Do It For Jesus – Except Jesus Doesn’t Scream When Told to Get Ready For Supper
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jeannie Prinsen for a summer series highlighting great writers who focus on disability. “Whatever you do, even if you help somebody cross the road, you do it to Jesus. Even if you give somebody a glass of water, you...
The Lonely Battle of Special Needs
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Mike Berry for a summer series highlighting great writers who focus on disability, adoption, and parenting. Defeated. Frustrated. Lonely. Tired. Done. Like a spin-cycle set on the top speed, those words flashed through my...
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.