For the past eight months, I’ve been writing about everything from my own personal experiences growing up with a developmentally disabled sister to other people far off and their decisions.    I’ve talked about how thankful I am to have healthy children, and what people who have children with disabilities should do in the form of [...]

When someone passes away, there is a void left where he or she once was.  When that person has special needs, there is a little different feeling.  People with developmental disabilities need added, extra care and support throughout their lives.  Picture raising a five-year-old child who stays five for 60 years or more, and that’s [...]

For the past five years, during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, my husband, children and I have taken to the air or the roads to visit family.  We rotate between Tennessee and Pennsylvania for the specific holiday, and each year we go to each location.  This year was our year to be in Tennessee for [...]

I recently watched a story on ABC’s Good Morning America about a group called Flame.  The touring band of 10 members is quite unique in that each of them has some form of development disability ranging from cerebral palsy to autism to blindness to mental retardation and other disorders.  They all attend the Lexington Center located in [...]

During the Elegant Evening of Thanks event held on Friday, November 20, I had the privilege to stand before the crowd over nearly 240 people and share about the clients at ARC Marion.  My words. My heart. I thought I would recount my words here in print for anyone else who might be interested…
“The clients [...]

My earlier blog post this week recalled when Bill Gaither recently shared the precious story of how a rich and famous celebrity took a person under his wing who was a little different than he. But while that sweet story was the meat of the talk that day, the real key is why Gaither talked [...]