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2014 In Review | Why I’ve Been Away

Jan 2, 2015 | Categories: Faith Rehab (Mad at God), Humor, Letting go, letting God, and Uncategorized. Tags: anxiety, Faith Rehab, fear, humor, Special Needs Ministry, and surrendering control.

Gracious Blog Readers, I know. I’ve been away. It’s been over six months since I last wrote a post. Thank you, though, for sticking around to see this one. It’s been a hard year. One that whooped me to the likes I haven’t experienced since Autism D-Day ten years ago. No incidents of death, disease or dismemberment. And certainly...

Special Siblings: Why It Doesn’t Have to be a Snowman

Apr 22, 2014 | Categories: Letting go, letting God, siblings, and Uncategorized. Tags: Frozen, future, Rain Man, Siblings, Sibs, surrendering control, and worry.

In honor of Autism Awareness Month and National Sibling Day (April 10), today’s post celebrates the unique, complex and extraordinary bond between special needs “Sibs” and their differently-abled brothers and sisters. Do you wanna build a snowman?  Come on let’s go and play  I never see you anymore  Come out the door  It’s like you’ve gone away We used to...

Why This Special Needs Tiger Mama Bear Didn’t Intervene

Nov 12, 2013 | Categories: Don't Diss Disability (DissAbility), Humor, Letting go, letting God, and Uncategorized. Tags: Asian, control freak, humor, surrendering control, and Why?!.

There are helicopter parents, then there are Special Needs parent stealth bombers. How this Asian Special Needs Tiger Mama Bear (I know. That’s a lot of mixed metaphors) nearly became a weapon of mass destruction and ravaged a playground when her cub got threatened. Why I didn’t intervene. ******************************************** It was a classic Special Needs Mama Bear...

Faith Through Disappointment – Part 2: GET HELP

Oct 22, 2013 | Categories: Grief & Loss, Letting go, letting God, No, You're Not The Only One..., Recent Diagnosis, and Uncategorized. Tags: Asian, fear, Grief & Loss, how to help, and surrendering control.

In the previous post, I began a four-part series, “Faith through Disappointment.” Of the Four Gets, the first was to Get REAL (giving ourselves permission to grieve or get angry.) The series continues with the second Get: Get HELP. ************************************************************** 2) GET HELP – Be willing to receive/ask for help Asking for help...

Faith through Disappointment – Part 1: ALCF Women’s Conference 2013

Oct 15, 2013 | Categories: Faith Rehab (Mad at God), Grief & Loss, Healing, How to help, Letting go, letting God, Mommy Martyrdom, No, You're Not The Only One..., Parent Support, Recent Diagnosis, and Uncategorized. Tags: Faith Rehab, fear, Grief & Loss, how to help, and Why?!.

On October 5, 2013, I had the privilege of speaking at my church, Abundant Life Christian Fellowship in Mountain View, CA. It was an honor to be part of the teaching team for the annual Women’s Conference, composed of keynote Dr. Gloria White-Hammond, and five fellow workshop speakers: Each uniquely gifted and passionate about seeing women healed and made whole. For the 2013 theme of...

“I Can Never Die”

Mar 22, 2013 | Categories: God Understands?!, Grief & Loss, Letting go, letting God, Mommy Martyrdom, and Uncategorized. Tags: anxiety, fear, future, surrendering control, and worry.

Who Will Take Care Of My Child After I’m Gone? Parents of “normal” children don’t have to worry about this. It’s a given that children grow up to become independent and go off to raise children of their own. Not so for my family. As a perennial, functionally five-year-old, our autistic son will remain dependent on us for his daily care, for the rest of...