Perspective

by Alice

Encouragement for moms of uniquely abled children.

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Conversations with Shelly:The story continues
At the end of the last post, Shelly and Coby were finding a diagnosis for their daughter, Kinley. In addition, Shelly found out she was pregnant again. You can read the beginning of Shelly’s story here...
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Conversations with Shelly: In the beginning
This month’s Conversations is with Shelly (read her bio here). Shelly and I met via email 14 years ago. At the time my husband and I were in the process of moving to Oklahoma. One of my concerns moving...
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Conversations with Shelly: Bio
Dossier​ Name: Shelly Codename: Mom in Progress Alias: Shel…Mommy…honey Interests/hobbies: disability advocacy…golf…historical fiction…gardening…spending time with family and friends Pet...
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The kindness of a stranger
When my son was young he had an intense dislike of hospitals. To such an extent he wouldn’t even step foot inside a building that resembled one. This was a particular challenge if one of his specialists...
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Working out the knots
For many years I’ve been dealing with tingling in my arms and legs. It started on my left side but eventually affected the right. My arms and legs were in a constant state of pins and needles. It got to...
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Friends
When the neonatologist told my husband and I our unborn baby may have a disability, we were shocked. It was supposed to be a routine ultrasound appointment. That was it. Neither of us had any inkling it...
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Responding to sin and punishment
I had different people tell me my son’s disability was due to my sin. For clarity, I’m going to refer to them as Dazed and Confused throughout this post.   When they shared their newsflash with...

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