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Coping with Family Discord as a Result of your Child with Special Needs

October 26, 2014 by Aprille 3 Comments

One of the hardest aspects of becoming a parent to a child with special needs is how it greatly affects an existing family dynamic. It has the potential to cause strife, conflict and tension in the closest of families. In many cases this leads to a division in family relationships, hurt feelings, and the dissolution of a support system that is greatly needed.

No matter the root of the conflict, the same cooping mechanisms apply for getting through that very strenuous and painful situation.

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Posted in: Special Needs Parenting Tagged: extended family, family, family discord, relationships, special needs

Special needs and community: how walls are built

October 21, 2014 by Aprille 4 Comments

Before bridges can be built, walls must be torn down. And before walls can be torn down, walls must be understood.

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Posted in: Friendship & Community, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: community, comparison, denial, disbelief, discomfort, friendship, ignorance, isolation, misunderstanding, relationships, special needs

“I will keep believing that God still has a plan”

June 30, 2013 by Aprille 27 Comments

Healing didn’t happen overnight, and there were so many moments – moments like the summer of 2006 – that were pauses on the journey where I simply held onto faith in God’s plan.

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Posted in: Marriage, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist Tagged: broken heart, broken relationship, courtship, eric and leslie ludy, faith, god wills, grace, legalism, relationships, summer of 2006

Harmful Courtship Teachings: the Myth of the Construction Paper Heart

January 7, 2013 by Aprille 43 Comments

I’m currently a 25-year-old married woman and mother of one. This morning my son woke up at 5:45, but was scared to enter the hallway because the hall night-light was broken. He crawled back in bed and went to sleep. Unfortunately for me, I have a touch of a cold and cough and as much as … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist Tagged: breakup, broken heart, courtship, dating, grace, heart, legalism, love, relationships

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