by Erin Croyle | Dec 20, 2016 | Finding Balance, Help, Parents, Uncategorized, YOU
2016 has been a nasty year. We lost Prince to opioids, David Bowie and Alan Rickman to cancer, Alan Thicke and Florence Henderson to heart failure, a captive lowland gorilla named Harambe to a freak zoo accident, a toddler at Disney to an alligator attack, and so many...
by Guest Author | Nov 30, 2016 | Finding Balance, Friends and Acquaintances, Home Life, Individuals, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Uncategorized
By Lisa Richard Helping people connect with other families and gain access to resources is one of my passions. That’s why I became the Rural Outreach Specialist for the Center for Family Involvement. Recently I had the opportunity to help a church here in Southwest VA...
by Guest Author | Nov 22, 2016 | BABY, Diagnosis, Early Intervention, Finding Balance, KIDS, Middle School, Parents, Uncategorized, YOU
By Nickie Brandenburger Parenting is challenging. When a child has a special need – the challenges can pile up a lot faster. The child is subjected to assessments, labels, and words that the parents have to decipher. While all the testing and labeling is designed to...
by Erin Croyle | Oct 11, 2016 | Finding Balance, Friends and Acquaintances, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, YOU
Maintaining meaningful friendships can be hard. It gets harder when you have kids because our children become the center of our universe. By default we hang out with the parents of our kids’ friends. And when you have a child with a disability, it can be next to...
by Erin Croyle | Aug 2, 2016 | Finding Balance, Help, Parents, YOU
I am well aware that you all look to places like this for inspiration and encouragement. And we all need that. But I’m going to take a moment to ‘keep it real’ because there are days that I am really struggling; days where I feel utterly alone. Yet, I know I can’t be....
by Erin Croyle | Jun 15, 2016 | Extended Family, Finding Balance, Friends and Acquaintances, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS
I don’t like to offer up the fact that my oldest child has Down syndrome. It comes up in conversation from time to time; and I almost always regret mentioning it. Afterward I rehash those conversations trying to figure out what possessed me to bring it up. My son’s...
