Can any good thing come out of losing your home and having no other choice but to live in a group home? Can one ever bounce back after sinking so deep in poverty, hopelessness and despair? How does one bounce back after having one’s pride so deeply wounded and one’s head hanging down in shame? Is there any reason to even hope for the future? Oh yes, there is! There are a million reasons to hope for a future filled with…..
I was totally unprepared and very devastated when I learned of my firstborn’s special needs. I didn’t know how to take care of a child with Down syndrome and a heart disease and I ached for her and what she would endure in life as a result of her disability. Despite her diagnosis, I looked at Brenda and saw beauty and perfection. She was a beautiful and precious bundle of joy, a gift from God that was simultaneously bitter and…..
Growing up on a farmland in a small community where everyone knew each other and shared generously with one another never prepared me for the harsh realities of life in the big wide world. Twenty years ago when I ventured out on my own and found myself pregnant and alone in a foreign country, then homeless with a one-month-old infant who was diagnosed with Down syndrome and a heart disease at birth, I was suddenly plunged into a world I…..