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God’s All Sufficient Grace

Last week was Vacation Bible School at our church. There were not any classes for Caleb’s age (youth) and so he didn’t attend most days. He played with the dogs at home and enjoyed the quiet time alone. The last day, however, he wanted to “help” out in the younger boys class so I said that would be okay,...

Will you let yourself be blessed? AND, a Giveaway!!!

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Bright red hair. Sparkling blue eyes. Pale porcelain skin speckled with a dash of freckles. A smile that stretched from lips to eyes and melted into your heart a permanent reminder of her face. Pudgy little fingers made perfect for a constant need of smoothing out her pretty lavender dress. And clinched as tight as possible...

Faith Through the Bad Days

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Some days are just bad days. Having bad days isn’t exclusive to having special needs children but when you have a bad day AND you have a special needs child, then it… the badness… seems to be amplified to the degree that the very existence of the know universe, even the unknown for that matter, will be...

Let’s Play!

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Let’s Play! Home school doesn’t have to be work, work, work! It can be fun and games, too. Fun and games doesn’t necessarily mean not educational either. Toys can be learning! Wonderful, exciting, adventurous toys! But not if our special needs children toss them to the side and play with the box they came in...

Review: The Easy French

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Many times as homeschoolers we wish to teach our children a foreign language but funds, as well as talent perhaps, hinder us from taking on this challenge. Let me share with you what our family is using to further our horizons and ability to reach others for Christ. I took French for 4 years in high school. I retained quite a...

Order and Structure

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Order and Structure Children who have disabilities or learning challenges typically need structure and organization. I was reminded of that on Christmas morning while looking at the mess once called our living room. Yet, there in one small corner was an organized structure of unwrapped items. The wrapping paper had been neatly...

Diagnosis and Bringing Them Home

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Diagnosis and Bringing Them Home “Hello. My name is Sallie and I homeschool my son who has Asperger’s Syndrome.” Sometimes it almost feels like we are introducing ourselves at a 12-step meeting when we talk about our children who have disabilities. Like maybe there is something we can do to make it all go...