Mercy Me, Your “Flawless” Video Is Flawed
Here’s a confession: I’ve said several times that when it comes to disability, we’re all disabled. Let me explain what I meant, some people have obvious disabilities while some of us carry disability in our hearts – selfishness, arrogance, bitterness, etcetera....
I Wish I Had Known
This is a guest post by Kathy McClelland for a summer series highlighting great bloggers who focus on disability. I remember diagnosis day like it was yesterday. I remember anxiously sitting in a sterile NICU conference room listening to a geneticist tell me,...
The Place I Call “The Middle”
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jenni Wolfenbarger for a summer series highlighting great writers who focus on disability. A year ago, I would have told you that my youngest daughter has cerebral palsy. A year ago, all her doctors would have agreed. We...
Searching for the Good
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Leilani Haywood for a summer series highlighting great writers who focus on disability. “D’Andra, you need to get dressed to get on the bus,” I said for what seemed the 500th time. She smiled and continued to write...
Do It For Jesus – Except Jesus Doesn’t Scream When Told to Get Ready For Supper
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jeannie Prinsen for a summer series highlighting great writers who focus on disability. “Whatever you do, even if you help somebody cross the road, you do it to Jesus. Even if you give somebody a glass of water, you...
Ellen Stumbo writes and speaks about finding beauty in brokenness with gritty honesty and openness. She's passionate about sharing the real – sometimes beautiful and sometimes ugly – aspects of faith, parenting, special needs, and adoption. Ellen’s writing has appeared on Focus on the Family, LifeWay, MomSense, Not Alone, Mamapedia and the Huffington Post.