by jphilo | Feb 6, 2015 | Different Dream for My Child, Vlog Series
Another January Friday has arrived, so we’re serving up a new episode in the Different Dream vlog series for parents of kids with special needs over at Gravel Road’s sister website. Today’s devotional relates a favorite story from the weeks our son spent in NICU back in 1982. My husband and I still giggle whenever we tell it. As you may have guessed, it comes from the hospital section of A Different Dream for My Child: Meditations for Parents of Critically or Chronically Ill Children.
The devotional is called “The Shirt Off Her Back.” Though we never saw the woman and her son after we checked out of their boarding house, they feel like part of the family. Whenever they come to mind, I whisper a prayer of thanks to the God who used them to give us a glimpse of Christ when we needed it most.
To listen to “The Shirt Off Her Back” click on over to DifferentDream.com.
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by jphilo | Jan 30, 2015 | Different Dream for My Child, Vlog Series
Welcome back to the Different Dream vlog series. Thanks for being patient for the past three months while the Caregiver’s Notebook How To vlog series ran in it’s place. With that series completed, you can once again sit back, close your eyes, and listen to someone read to you. Today’s post is from the hospital section of A Different Dream for My Child. Find a Doctor You Can Hug is all about seeing the hospital through the eyes of a child…and as the title suggests, how to find a doctor you can hug.
To view this vlog episode, click on over to The Gravel Road’s sister site, DifferentDream.com.
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by jphilo | Oct 31, 2014 | Different Dream for My Child, Vlog Series
The Different Dream vlog series is bac for another Friday read aloud from A Different Dream for My Child: Meditations for Parents of Critically or Chronically Ill Children. Maybe this week has been a particularly long and trying one for you. If that’s the case (and even if it’s not), now is your time to enjoy a little pampering. So grab a cup of tea, kick off you shoes, put up your feet and have a listen to this week’s selection, A Gentle Touch.
The story describes our first glimpse of our newborn son in NICU after major surgery in 1982. In the decades since, many NICU protocols and practices have changed. But one thing hasn’t change a bit. Our hospitalized children need the comforting touch of their parent to heal faster, and parents need the touch of a loving God to stay strong while their children recuperate.
To listen to this episode in the Different Dream vlog series, click on over to DifferentDream.com.
by jphilo | Oct 24, 2014 | Different Dream for My Child, Vlog Series
Welcome to my little gravel road. You are cordially invited to join the weekly story time for parents of kids with special needs over at DifferentDream.com. Once again, you can just sit back and relax, close your eyes and listen while someone does the work. How often does that happem?
This devotional is part of my book for parents, A Different Dream for My Child: Meditations for Parents of Children Who Are Critically or Chronically Ill. “Be Kind and Gracious” comes from the section about being in the hospital with a child. Naomi has 5 kids, 2 of whom have been hospitalized repeatedly. She explains the importance of exhibiting grace and kindness to those caring for a hospitalized child.
To view this vlog, hop on over to the DifferentDream.com post, Be Kind and Gracious.
by jphilo | Oct 17, 2014 | Different Dream for My Child, Vlog Series
Friday is here again, and that means it’s time for you to be pampered with a read aloud from a devotional for parents of kids with special needs. Today’s devo, Words of Peace, comes from A Different Dream for My Child: Meditations for Parents or Critically or Chronically Ill Children. Those of you who have been in the hospital with your child–or hospitalized waiting for your baby to be born–know what an unpeaceful place it can be. But on the most difficult day of Wayne and Sandy’s lives, they found words of peace to calm their souls on the wall of a hospital room.
To watch Words of Peace, click on this link.
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by jphilo | Oct 10, 2014 | Different Dream for My Child, Vlog Series
The Different Dream vlog series is back with another Friday edition. Today’s devotional, Scrubbing In, comes from the hospital section of A Different Dream for My Child:Meditations for Parents or Critically or Chronically Ill Children. It’s about one of those maturing moments that are part and parcel of becoming the parent of a child with special needs, a maturing moment that changed the way I view hospital protocols and what I had to do to become the mother our son needed. No tissue warning with this one, though you may develop a hand washing compulsion if you watch it too often!
To see this vlog, click on this link.
Photo Credit: Jack Thumm at www.freedigitalphotos.net
