My Child With a Disability Is a Person, Not Just An Inspiration
I will be the first one to tell you that my children with disabilities have inspired me. My youngest daughter with Down syndrome has been my teacher of life in many ways. Every time my daughter with cerebral palsy falls down and gets back up it makes me think about...
100 Days of Thankfulness
At the beginning of this year, I determined to make this a year of thankfulness. Today marks 100 days of thankfulness, and although life is still messy, and hard, and there are many questions for the future, this year has been good. The focus on the good has changed...
What Do People Impacted By Disability Have To Say About The Church?
I have several friends who are disabled, several friends who have children with disabilities. Because I am involved in disability ministry, I often hear stories about the experiences my friends have had at Church. Sadly, the statements I hear from people and families...
Body and Soul, She Is Marvelously Made
When my daughter was born with Down syndrome, our friends came to visit us at the hospital. Our oldest daughter was staying with them and they had brought Ellie to meet her baby sister. Our friends brought their daughter along too, she was the same age as our oldest,...
Challenge: A Year of Thankfulness
At the beginning of last year I was not very happy. As a matter of fact, I felt I was coming undone. It was during that time that I wrote the post When Mama Needs Help. It was a post about me, but I knew from talking to other parents that I was not alone. Life is...
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.