Tag: christianity
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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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What Should We Remember?

Our homeschool year is winding down to a close, and as a result, I’m finally spending some time organizing and cleaning out closets and weird storage places in my house. My second son is also graduating from his homeschool program. That has its own set of crazy emotions. My hope chest I have a cedar…
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What About Suffering?

What About Suffering? In episodes 143-146 on the Take Heart Special Moms Podcast, we’ve been discussing suffering, which can be really difficult to discuss. Countless books have been written on the topic. I don’t claim to be an expert in scripture, but I would love to share a few things I’m learning. No one enjoys…
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Does God Care?

A few weeks ago we were facing some difficulties that I felt like I didn’t really deserve to face. Partly because it’s something we’ve been dealing with on and off for years. The background My son has had in-home nursing since he came home from the hospital, medically fragile at 3 months of age. About…
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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…
