Category: Special Needs Parenting
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Focus on the Family Special Feature
The Beauty of Raising a Child with Special Needs — a two episode feature facilitated by Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. Original Air Date: August 21, 2024 Carrie Holt, Sara Clime and Amy Brown are all raising children with special needs — which means they are lonely, exhausted, fearful and hopeful, and at…
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Navigating Transitions in Special Needs Parenting
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.” — C.S.Lewis Transition, a fancy way of saying change, strikes fear into the heart of every special needs mother. Transitions or change is hard, especially if we didn’t expect them…
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What do you fear most as a special needs mom?
As a result of expecting our son with special needs around the time of Christmas, I felt like I could really relate to Mary. As special needs moms, we have a lot in common with her, I think. Now, don’t misunderstand me here. I don’t believe that Jesus was a special needs child, but He…
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Have your plans been turned upside down?
Mine have. Repeatedly since July 26th. At least from a medical standpoint. I feel like all we have been doing lately is waiting or readjusting our plans. Toby’s shunt is not working properly. Again. It’s not an emergency, but he needs a procedure to draw fluid out of his abdomen and then we have to…
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Podcast Launch
An Invitation I want to invite you to be encouraged by a podcast that we’re launching. It’s called Take Heart: Special Moms Podcast. It’s a podcast of hope, joy, and encouragement for special needs moms by special needs moms. It Launches September 1st Each month, we choose a topic— such as: Diagnosis, Faith, etc. and…
Carrie M. Holt 