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Out of Control
Originally posted on Life with an Autistic Son:This post is now available in the ‘Life with an Autistic Son’ ebook available to download from Amazon.
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Are We Hypocrites for our Baby Gammy shock?
Very interesting post over at Special Needs Jungle (see here: ‘Are We Hypocrites for our Baby Gammy shock?‘). I wholeheartedly agree – and I have to say I am only thankful that autism cannot be...
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As the Scripture Says…
It’s been a looonnnng day. My sister arrives tomorrow so I have spent most of the day getting things ready – maybe doing more than I should have, health-wise, but who doesn’t when they have guests...
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Teaching Your Child about Jesus: What Not to Do…
We were running very late on Friday with dinner because we were making homemade scone base pizzas and we didn’t even start until we’d got back from the pool. The pool doesn’t open until half five and...
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Exhale and Lean
I read a very interesting post from Laura Droege this morning. She says ‘I’ve… found that the more open I am about the illness, the less it defines me.’ Laura writes about her battle with mental...
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EMDR 5: Deja Vu – Haven’t We Been Here Before?
I had my second EMDR session two days ago. It knocked me sideways again, but it’s supposed to. Here we go again. I’m sure I’ve been here before… No wonder I ended up with PTSD. At many times in the...
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Reblog: Results of Almsgiving, Fasting, and Prayer
Originally posted on Contemplative in the Mud:Almsgiving heals the irascible part of the soul; fasting extinguishes the concupiscible part; and prayer purifies the mind and prepares it for the...
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EMDR: Laughter, the Best Medicine
When I am low, not many things make sense. Music can be helpful, especially positive songs and praise music, but laughter is, as the old saying goes, the best of medicines. I find I need to keep away...
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Broken
Sometimes I wonder what the point is. Sometimes I look at the world and all I see is brokenness. Sometimes I look at my life and all I see is brokenness. Sure, I see that where many families would have...
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‘Mummy, Sometimes I Feel Like Killing Myself’
Frank is away this week in London on business. It’s been a surreal time. I miss him terribly. It’s the longest we’ve ever been apart, but I’m making the most of the time with just me and the children....
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Special Needs and a Special Post
The very lovely Jeannie Prinsen from Little House on the Circle has written a guest post for Ellen Stumbo about the realities of love and faith in the face of special needs. Here is a little excerpt:...
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Roots
[Jesus said] “…a farmer went out to sow. As he sowed, some seeds… fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. When the...
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Ninja Mum
They say bad things come in threes. I guess they can’t count. As well as poor old Prince’s ongoing health problems, we’ve had an outbreak of the dreaded lurgy. First little Chip was throwing up all...
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Weary
Shuttling back and forwards to the city hospital has been hard. My own illness is – er – making itself known. Prince has an operation tomorrow. Today we have to go back so he can get a blood test done....
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Fear Not
My darling boy is in constant pain and I can’t do a thing. I am trying to juggle attempts at homeschooling him, managing my own illness, being Mummy to the other two children (honestly, who invented...
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Being Mummy
My kids still all call me ‘mummy’. The girls will also call me the slightly more grown-up ‘mum’, but for Prince, with his need for things to stay the same, it’s ‘mummy’ even at 16. I love being ‘mummy’...
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Just Ask
Ask and it will be given to you… Matthew 7:7 Don’t stop. Don’t give up. God never withholds. This is the God of abundant grace. If I’m asking for what He’s in the business of giving, I’ll get it. And...
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Thoughts from an English Housewife
I am stupidly tired. Stupid because all I did to set it off was to walk briskly into town and back. On Wednesday. Not even yesterday. So very little got done yesterday and I doubt much will get done...
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18 Summers
There is a meme around the mommy blogosphere that says we have 18 summers with our children before they fly the nest. For the most part this is true. My son is 16. It occurs to me that I will get more...
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