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A Paralyzing Gift

I get so wrapped up in the day to day of doctor appointments and medical conversations that often times I forget to stop and actually think what these diagnoses might feel like to a "typical" person.
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Out of Body Experience

Late night fun outside, just riding bikes and jumping on trampolines, playing pretend with the neighbors and your siblings. Not a worry in the world. Not in my world anyway. I was free - for just a moment.
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Box of Fun!

Being a busy special needs mother with two other “typical” boys keeps my schedule very full! Unfortunately, with so much of my time being dedicated to Hayden’s doctor appointments, therapies, and taking care of his physical needs, Grayson and Ethan often bear the brunt of mom’s “busyness.” This month, rather than a Date Night In…
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Throw the Dang Seed!

We are trying to make sure we're "good soil," yet the thing that makes the soil good is that it's producing a harvest.
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Like a Sore Thumb

I do not want to conform to the world. I want to look like the opposite of the world...
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The Old Ball and Chain…

And so, I will adjust my posture from one of annoyance, to that of gratefulness.
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He Love Me, He Loves Me Not

I used to believe that because I was not able to pick all of the circumstances life handed to me, they were second rate circumstances. But now I realize, I do get a choice...
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‘Tis the Season

The sting of watching my life as a mom not look the way I had always pictured it, doesn't ever go away. Some days are easier than others and the grief is so faint and so small in my heart that I nearly forget it's there. And other days, it's so big and painful I'm not sure how I will get through it. And that is ok. Grief is a part of this journey.
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Shoe Fall, Don’t Bother Me

Our family does have fun, but it is work to master it all. Yet we do it. Because we want to enjoy life, no matter what it looks like. Life is a gift and we try and treasure each day we've been gifted and use it to the most of our ability. 
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Would You Like the Leather Package?

I’ve come to realize you have to be so deeply in love with Jesus that if all of these things in your life disappear and if all the people in your life fall away, that He will be your rock and your steady fortress.
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Johnna Hensley

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