April 2013 - Praying for Parker - The Network of Care

Sacrificing for a sibling with special needs.

It’s that time of the year again when my kids come and tell me all the awesome plans their friends have for Spring Break. Trips to Hawaii. Time spent at out of state theme parks. Renting cabins in the Mountains of Sundance. Our family? Well, we...

Published Tue, Apr 02 2013 5:29 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Holding On Tight To My Faith, down syndrome, Life With Special Needs, Family and Friends, special needs parenting, sibling with special needs, sibling love, sacrifices, Spring Break

Sensory Table Ideas……and Sanity

I see them all over Pinterest. Sensory table ideas complied with such care as to be considered works of art. Children playing happily with naught a grain of bird seed out of place. That’s not always how it is at my house, which is why I finally...

Published Wed, Apr 03 2013 8:22 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs Homeschooling, homeschooling, home school, sensory boxes, Sensory Tubs, sensory table activities

Special Needs Mom Burnout

As I sit here typing Parker is walking around in mismatched jammies reversing one just cleaned up mess after another. Tired doesn’t begin to express how I’m feeling, as I attempt to plead with the universe to divert something exciting my way...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2013 9:14 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Holding On Tight To My Faith, Life With Special Needs

Stretching Carpet

I’d forgotten the guy was even coming. Luckily Reed was already up and had opened the door so the guy and what looked like enough equipment for a rock band could walk in. He was here to see if he could work a miracle by stretching carpet and fixing...

Published Fri, Apr 05 2013 8:13 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: down syndrome, Special Needs, Life With Special Needs, special needs parenting, home repairs, parenting medically fragile children, stretching carpet, a happy heart

The Power of Prayer

I believe in the power of prayer. Now to work harder at the righteous part. My kids deserve nothing less. The post The Power of Prayer appeared first on Praying For Parker . Read More...

Published Sun, Apr 07 2013 2:10 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Holding On Tight To My Faith, Boyd K. Packer, power of a mother's prayer, prayer, Righteous Mother's

Jeffrey R. Holland – Lord I Believe

I’ve always been taught that if you would prayerfully take your problems to Conference, you would find the strength and answers needed to make your way forward in faith. Jeffrey R. Holland helped to answer some of my questions on faith. Jeffrey...

Published Sun, Apr 07 2013 5:18 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Holding On Tight To My Faith, Life With Special Needs, Lord I Believe, Jeffery R. Holland

Backyard Farming

I’m one of those people who, if I could. who get rid of the lawn and and spend my time backyard farming. I figure if you are going to spend so much time watering, weeding, fertilizing, and mowing, you should have something to show that fills your...

Published Mon, Apr 08 2013 6:52 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: frugal living, Victory Garden, prepping for hard times

Blenderized Diet and a g-tube fed kid.

I had to make a run to our local health food store today. I needed to pick up a few essentials for Parker’s blenderized diet. Goat milk. Goat milk yogurt. A not quite week’s worth of apples and oranges, a gallon on milk for my other kids and...

Published Tue, Apr 09 2013 6:57 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: blenderized diet, g-tubes, Life With Special Needs, g-tube feeding, special needs parenting

What every child with special needs should come with.

It’s been over eight years since I’ve joined this special needs club. Seriously? I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Yes, there have been hard times. Yes, there have been stressful times and some times when the fear has seemed overwhelming...

Published Tue, Apr 09 2013 5:42 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: down syndrome, Special Needs, Life With Special Needs, special needs parenting, special needs blogger

Adaptive Bikes……Again

Parker’s Physical Therapist came today to measure Parker for potential adaptive bikes. I say potential because it’s still in the ‘maybe one day’ column of our hopes and wishes list. I was surprised to be reminded that the bike...

Published Fri, Apr 12 2013 7:15 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: down syndrome, physical therapy, Life With Special Needs, special needs parenting, Meeting a kid's sensory needs., physical therapists, adaptive bikes, AmTryke

Mormon Missionaries

Way back when my parents were first married and I wasn’t even a year old, my Dad worked with a guy who was a no longer an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. My Dad and this guy liked playing practical jokes on each...

Published Sun, Apr 14 2013 9:35 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Holding On Tight To My Faith, church of jesus christ of latter day saints, lds, called to serve, Mormon Missionaries

Stretching Ground Beef

With a recipe such as Chili or Tacos…..or even Lasagna I add a cup to a cup and a half of beans to every pound of browned ground beef. You can use any kind of beans. Canned. Homemade. Refried. It doesn’t matter. Today I used dehydrated pinto...

Published Mon, Apr 15 2013 5:43 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: From Scratch, frugal living, frugal recipes

Home

Last night Reed took down all the blinds and window treatments from the windows on the back of our house. This morning I began Spring Cleaning 2013. I cleaned the inside of our windows top to bottom and in between. I’ve decided not to put the curtains...

Published Tue, Apr 16 2013 7:11 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs, family, spring cleaning, Life With Special Needs, special needs parenting

Self Worth

April hasn’t been the best of months so far. I don’t know why, but if it could go wrong, be exasperating, insulting, heart wrenching, or simply exhausting, this has been the month for it to happen. There’s still a couple of weeks left...

Published Thu, Apr 18 2013 1:18 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Life With Special Needs, standing up for myself, loving myslef, having faith in myself

Taking a lesson from Muhammad Ali

For as long as I can remember I have wanted to be a teacher. I never had to think about what I wanted to major in. I signed up under the Education banner the moment I hit the BYU campus. I met that goal and loved my time teaching. But by the time my second...

Published Thu, Apr 18 2013 8:13 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs Homeschooling, Life With Special Needs, educating a child with speical needs, Muhammad Ali, favorite quotes

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