When you find out you’re expecting, it’s normal to feel a flood of emotions. You’re excited, nervous and eager to meet your little one. You’re careful throughout your pregnancy, you follow the advice you’ve been given, and you create your birthing plan with a little help from your midwife and partner. Labor begins and even […]
Understanding Your Child’s Autism Diagnosis
The more you know about your autistic child’s needs, the more you can help them thrive. From the moment their doctor begins to discuss the possibility of Autism, your world may be turned upside down. At first, it may seem like a daunting diagnosis. But in time you’ll find that there are many measures that can […]
How Families Can Benefit From Online Counseling – Guest Post from BetterHelp
Having a loving family unit is one of the most important treasures that this world could ever give you. You feel like you would do anything to protect and preserve your family. Natural maternal instincts are a very powerful thing and a motivated mother can accomplish pretty much anything that she puts her mind to. […]
The Father’s Arms – Guest Post by Janice from Renew Our Hearts
He tends His flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those that have young.” Isaiah 40:11 What a comforting image. Our Abba Father holds us so close in His arms that He nestles us right next to His heart. Why is […]
Love is a Choice – Summer’s Story
Even though I have been a mother for over 17 years, I still smile and feel the wonder of what it means. You see, I never really longed for motherhood. I was not the girl on other families’ speed dials for babysitting services. When I did babysit, I just ate snacks and barely tolerated the […]
National Adoption Month Series – Jill’s Story
On May 23rd, 2008 we got her. As we were snapping in her car seat, my husband Jake and I looked at one another and took the deepest breath of our lives. It had been years of struggling with infertility, confusion, and frustration. Finally, we had her, our Quinny. She just happened to come from […]
The Purpose in My Pain – S.L.’s Story
I didn’t become the mom I am when my husband and I decided to start a family. Like most people, God had been shaping my life for motherhood before I even knew it. It began when I was in preschool. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was sick. I’m not certain exactly […]
Life Amplified: Our Family Touched by Autism – Karen’s Story
“Labels just give kids an excuse to misbehave.” The words sank to my very soul. Did she really say that about my precious son? There I stood, speechless on the steps of the little library in the small Oregon town we had recently moved to. I had my newborn daughter in her car seat in […]