Join us at Signposts Ministries as we share encouraging posts for parents. Christian reflection, educational content, and funny stories are mixed together on these pages just as these different aspects of parenting special needs children get mixed together in our real lives.
Answers in Unlikely Places
It’s a fact that haunts me daily. I cannot escape it -- it is there, like a soreness that needs an analgesic rub. Pastors are expected to have all the answers. The simple statement of that fact alleviates some of the soreness, yet doesn’t erase it completely. The...
Dealing with Childhood Psoriasis
Signposts is very pleased to be sharing this guest post about Childhood Psoriasis by Megan Ancheta. Megan is a stay at home mom to two little girls (Kylie-7, Abbi-3) who are gluten, dairy, and mostly corn free. Due to psoriatic arthritis, spondylitis, and...
Miracles In the ICU- Defying the Odds Through an Aneurism and Stroke
This week has been a challenging one for some of us in the Signposts family. The following is a letter from my husband about his father, who had a stroke on Wednesday. I think that there are lessons to be learned here. Whether the patient is 57 years old, or 7 years...
Lickety Split Timer App- A Review
Friends, I am not a fan of the overuse of electronic devices. We don't have to have an app for everything. In our house we use timers a lot for various activities, and I never expected to need anything beyond the (extremely versatile) timer I keep in my pocket. In...
Hagar and your Special Needs Child
I’ll be forty next week. No, I’m not pandering after birthday wishes, but I can easily remember when I was a young man thinking that forty was old. Now that forty looms ever nearer, I don’t think that quite so much. I’m in a much different place than I anticipated...
Sweet Stuff for Your Weekend
Sweet Stuff is an ongoing feature in the Signposts Community where we share uplifting and inspirational stories from around the web that put people with disabilities, or disability itself, in a positive light. Feel free to email us anytime if you have something...
You Can Make the Change
I Chronicles 20 picks up in the middle of a big long recap of the history of Israel as a nation. There are lots of genealogical records and recounting of stories already told in 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings, but there are also some new details, fresh perspectives,...
Her Disability, My Disability
Spina Bifida is an oddity. It affects those that have it in different ways. When we first consulted with a neurologist upon finding out that our sixth child had this malady, he prepared us for the full gamut of possibilities that could affect our baby. She could be...
How to Get Your Child To Swallow Their Medicine
First of all, let me make sure that we are clear on the fact that I do not endorse forcing children to take unnecessary medications. Medicine should be dispensed judiciously. That said, there are situations when your child has to take an oral medication. This...
Hello, Hi, Howdy, Hey…
There are so many forms of communication that sometimes we can get lost in translation. Even just a simple "hello" can be said in numerous different ways, and will change depending upon where you live and the customs to where you live. And what about goodbye?! Again,...