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    • Top Ten Posts of All Time
    • Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace
    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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    Little Brother, ADHD, and having two special needs kids

    / May 4, 2024 / 0 Comments

    It's not like I was coveting this diagnosis, giggling in satisfied glee when I saw ADHD marked in my second child's medical chart with a "FINALLY! I KNEW HE WASN'T NEUROTYPICAL! I HAVE…

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    Questions I’m asking about my son’s special needs

    / April 10, 2016 / 17 Comments

    When you ask hard questions, things get really messy. So, you’ve been warned. “He’s just so mean,” she said to me last night. “I don’t know how you and Russ take it.” In…

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  • Ezra,  Motherhood,  Special Needs Parenting

    A different kind of mother’s love

    / February 2, 2015 / 6 Comments

    “Sometimes I go through several days and realize I haven’t really connected with him.” The admission comes from my guilt-ridden voice and lands on the ears of our social worker, who just smiles…

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    A Special Needs Mom With Special Needs

    / October 14, 2014 / 2 Comments

    What it means to be a special needs mom is to breathe through the crisis, avoid the crisis, and cherish the small moments when there isn’t one.

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