Reflections on Psalm 23 -- guilt & shame

God, my life is really hard some times — but you do not abandon me. Please Lord, I need your courage.

Through-the-roofGuest UserJuly 27, 2017psalms, rest, restore, guilt, shame, psalm 23

Thinking of the "Prodigal Brother" as the sibling of a child with special needs kind of breaks my heart. He acts as if he feels many of the same pressures.

Through-the-roofGuest UserDecember 23, 2016family, community, support, siblings, brother, sister

He's not bound by a wheelchair

The Boy isn't bound by his wheelchair -- he uses it as a tool to live life as fully as possible.

Through-the-roofGuest UserDecember 15, 2016community, friendship, basketball

Peculiar Children Indeed

The Boy is "fearfully and wonderfully made." He is peculiar, indeed. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

Through-the-roofGuest UserJuly 21, 2016disability, mosaic

The Insidious Tyranny of GPS

We knew we were right, but hearing that little, insistent voice in our ears at every turn was confidence-shaking.

Through-the-roofGuest UserJuly 19, 2016GPS, disability, driving

My Tribe Makes Me Uncomfortable

This is my tribe. They are my tribe by circumstance, and my tribe by inclination. So it would be silly if I didn’t let them be my tribe by choice.

Through-the-roofGuest UserJune 9, 2016softball, disability, hospitality, wheelchair, uncomfortable, tribe

Getting Over the Rough Places

Powerful video on the need for -- and impact of -- wheelchairs in the developing world.

Through-the-roofGuest UserMay 13, 2016disability, wheelchair, video, accessible, missions

Best Use of Resources?

Is it right for me to hope that other people will donate so many of their resources to meet my family’s needs? I wonder ...

Through-the-roofGuest UserFebruary 26, 2016basketball, Upward, disability, grace, skiing, ski, accessibility

Scars

Doesn’t matter if the damage is the result of a broken bone, broken relationship or broken promise. The hurt is real. And it demands a response.

Through-the-roofGuest UserFebruary 11, 2016scars, surgery, wounds, grace, mosaic, disability, wheelchair

Safe or Independent?

How’s The Boy going to feel that great sense of accomplishment if he’s always closely supervised?

Through-the-roofGuest UserDecember 10, 2015disability, safety, opportunity, danger, accomplishment, Cerebral Palsy

5 Stages of Disability Attitudes

Here's pretty terrific tool to help individuals, families, and churches identify their attitudes with people who have disabilities. And disability in general.

Through-the-roofGuest UserNovember 27, 2015disability, accessibility, attitudes, stages, friendship

Accessibility: Trick or Treat?

Accommodations not only make experiences accessible to The Boy, they make The Boy accessible to the experiences.

Through-the-roofGuest UserNovember 11, 2015

The Boy Pope Francis Blessed

“Everyone always wonders, why would God do this to one of his children? I questioned that for a while,” Chuck says. But caring for Michael has given him an answer.

Through-the-roofGuest UserOctober 13, 2015Pope, blessed

World CP Day: Strength in Weakness

The Boy, like all of us, will find a way to use his unique combo of personality, gifts, and experience to do something worthwhile in his life.

Through-the-roofGuest UserOctober 7, 2015CP, Cerebral Palsy, World CP Day

Spike ma ‘do

So now that The Boy is 11, we’ve entered a whole new world. One involving hair product.

Through-the-roofGuest UserSeptember 30, 2015disability, mosaic, teenager, youth

No Pity

These kids in Haiti don’t deserve more because they have handicaps. They deserve more because they are created in God’s image. Just like The Boy. Just like me. And just like you.

Through-the-roofGuest UserAugust 13, 2015Haiti, disability, Gertrude, ministry, missions, pity

Recommended Video: How my daughter taught me the meaning of courage

Excellent article and video from England's "Daily Telegraph" website.

Through-the-roofGuest UserAugust 3, 2015links, video, disability, birth story

It's Nobody's Fault

Things have been ramping up as The Boy moves closer to teenagerhood. He’s getting moodier, which apparently has little to do with CP. But what CP does bring into the equation is fewer emotional filters.

Through-the-roofGuest UserJuly 29, 2015arguing, wrong, fault, teenager

Do It Your Own Fine Self

Now that The Boy is 11, we can see that, emotionally, he wants to be independent. But at the same time, like any of us, if he can get someone else to do it for him …

Through-the-roofGuest UserJuly 22, 2015independence, dependence, sleep, help, ability, challenges

Twice-Exceptional

"Not everything is a problem that needs to be fixed. The Boy isn’t a problem that needs to be fixed."

Third Church