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...
Being an Adult With Sensory Processing Disorder
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Annetta Nesler for a summer series highlighting great bloggers who focus on disability. On the 4th of July, I ate half of my dinner alone, outside of a restaurant. My family was inside looking out at me as I wore my noise...
Too Much, Too Loud, Too Fast, Too Big
Family reunions are supposed to be fun, enjoyable, and refreshing. Yet for me, family reunions have been a time of heartache and tears. Not because we have a problematic family, but because my daughter with Down syndrome also has sensory processing disorder (SPD)....
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...
Fruit of the Spirit: The special needs way
“When you say,” my friend asked, “that God has worked in your life because of your kids with special needs, what exactly do you mean by that?” “Yes, let me try to explain…I don’t just know about the fruits of the Spirit, I get to experience them. It’s like I was right...
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.