Stacy found a song/video on YouTube that really hits home. The song is "The Life That’s Chosen Me," written by Karen Taylor-Good and Lisa Aschmann. It’s about having a child with special needs. In my Father's Day post, I shared similar thoughts/feelings that she shares in the first verse: We…
I took this from Stacy’s Facebook: “When a person is having difficulties with their child especially if they are disabled--please do not stare or whisper--offer to help. I have enough to deal with on a daily basis without people staring at me like I am an unfit mother.” It saddens…
I stole this from Stacy’s Facebook. I believe it is a quote by Jose N. Harris from his book MI VIDA: A Story of Faith, Hope and Love. I have not read this book, so if this is incorrect and you know who the correct author is, please let me…
I stole this from Stacy’s Facebook: “Something I've learned since James has been born...you really find who your true friends are when your life changes! Whether they stick around with the change or they drop like flies because it's too much for them! Oh well!!”Stacy For those of you that…
After James was diagnosed with infantile spasms (IS), both Stacy and I started looking up all of the information we could find about infantile spasms. Stacy even joined an infantile spasms support group on Facebook. One of the women in that group just lost their son due to complications from…
No matter how bad things may seem, they can always be worse. And no matter how bad you think your life is, there is somebody that has it worse off than you. Please take a moment and reread those first two sentences. Now stop and think about those sentences for…
I heard a song today that I’ve probably heard a hundred times before, but today it got me thinking. The song “Don’t Laugh at Me” by Mark Wills talks about being different and how other people see you and asks that you don’t laugh at them. James is a lot…