Mental Health Issues In Special Needs Parents
Studies suggest as special needs parents we’re more likely to struggle with mental health issues, yet this is something that is really hard to talk about. Nobody wants to be the one dealing with depression, anxiety, or trauma, but we do. This is a conversation...
Friendships and Special Needs Parenting
It seems that making new friends is harder as an adult. There are also seasons in life where friendships seems lacking or we feel especially isolated. When it comes to friendships and special needs parenting, it feels as if we often feel isolated or lacking in...
What About Dignity and Respect? When Our Disability Attitudes Fail Us
As parents of kids with disabilities, we want our children to be treated with dignity and respect. But what if we, as parents, don’t model that? I’m going to say something that will make a lot of people uncomfortable: sometimes we are the ones who treat our children...
New Year’s Resolutions for Special Needs Moms
Everyone is talking about resolutions, but it’s hard to think about resolutions when we’re in the middle of messy, and hard, and you want to scream, “somebody please send me a lifeboat!” As the waves of hard come and go, there are a few things I need to...
How and When to Talk to Your Kids About Their Disability
How do you talk to your kids about their disability and when is the right time to do it? Join Erin and me as we talk with Tara and Tonia Christle about how to approach this subject and when. Erin and I knew we wanted the Christle twins to join us and bring their...
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.