{"id":44503,"date":"2016-11-28T00:05:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T06:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/differentdream.com\/?p=24841"},"modified":"2016-11-28T00:05:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T06:05:35","slug":"today-choose-grateful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/today-choose-grateful\/","title":{"rendered":"Today I Choose to Be Grateful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_post_title featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#42313A&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; meta_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#B4DBC0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||50px||false|false&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_post_title][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9mZWF0dXJlZF9pbWFnZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7fX0=@&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.3&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;src&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>Today my arm muscles ache, my blood sugar is higher than it should be, my feet hurt, and my heart is overflowing with happiness. Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because my dear niece got married on Saturday night. She is my daughter&#8217;s life long friend, so when she asked her aunties to make forty pies for the wedding reception, I responded the only way an auntie can. &#8220;Yes,&#8221; I said without hesitation, knowing full well that between rolling out pie crusts, sampling the wares, crying as she walked down the aisle, handing out pie at the reception, and boogieing at the dance, the Monday after would be a severe day of reckoning. Even so, <em>I chose to say yes,<\/em> grateful to be part of her day of celebration and happiness, and thankful for the tiredness of today.<\/p>\n<p>Far too often, while caring for a baby with special needs, my husband and I felt like our ability to make choices for our child had been ripped away.<\/p>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t choose to have a son who needed surgery at birth.<br \/>We had to choose to send our baby to a hospital 750 miles away or to let him die.<br \/>We were too far from the hospital to choose the surgeon who would operate on our newborn.<br \/>We were 2 decades too early to choose family-centered care for his many hospital stays.<br \/>We were often too sleep-deprived and despairing to choose hope over despair.<\/p>\n<p>During the first few years of our baby&#8217;s life, we sometimes felt like the choices that should have been ours as parents had been hijacked by a distant God who couldn&#8217;t possibly love our son as much as we did.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keyministry.org\/specialneedsparenting\/2016\/11\/28\/today-i-choose-to-be-grateful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the rest of this post at the Key Ministry website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you like what you see at DifferentDream.com? You can receive more great content by subscribing to the quarterly Different Dream newsletter and signing up for the daily RSS feed delivered to your email inbox. You can sign up for the first in the pop up box and the second at the bottom of this page.<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#b4dbc0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;20px|20px|20px|20px|false|false&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9hdXRob3IiLCJzZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJiZWZvcmUiOiJCeSAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsIm5hbWVfZm9ybWF0IjoiZGlzcGxheV9uYW1lIiwibGluayI6Im9uIiwibGlua19kZXN0aW5hdGlvbiI6ImF1dGhvcl9hcmNoaXZlIn19@&#8221; image=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9hdXRob3JfcHJvZmlsZV9waWN0dXJlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnt9fQ==@&#8221; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; image_max_width=&#8221;100px&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;800px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;image,title&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Rubik|500|||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#44465f&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;32px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Rubik||||||||&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;rgba(0,6,69,0.6)&#8221; body_link_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;font-weight: 400;&#8221; border_radii_image=&#8221;on|100px|100px|100px|100px&#8221; border_color_all_image=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; box_shadow_style_image=&#8221;preset1&#8243; box_shadow_vertical_image=&#8221;20px&#8221; box_shadow_blur_image=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_color_image=&#8221;rgba(68,70,95,0.27)&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]<p>Jolene Philo is the author of the\u00a0Different Dream\u00a0series for parents of kids with special needs. She speaks at parenting and special needs conferences around the country. She\u2019s also the creator and host of the\u00a0Different Dream website.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sharing-Abundantly-Special-Needs-Families\/dp\/0802418627\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1627916028&amp;sr=8-1\">Sharing Love Abundantly With Special Needs Families: The 5 Love Languages\u00ae for Parents Raising\u00a0Children with Disabilities<\/a>, which she co-authored with Dr. Gary Chapman, was released in August of 2019 and is available at local bookstores, their bookstore website, and\u00a0at Amazon.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_comments _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_color=&#8221;#42313A&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#EBDCB2&#8243;][\/et_pb_comments][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_sidebar _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#42313A&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#EBDCB2&#8243; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;159deg&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;3px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#1c1259&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;25px|0px|5px|0px|false|false&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; module_class=&#8221;horizontal_optin_column_1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; header_text_align=&#8221;right&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#45107a&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Dancing Script|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#B4DBC0&#8243; header_3_font_size=&#8221;45px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;10px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221;]<h3>Subscribe for Updates from Jolene<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.4&#8243;][et_pb_signup mailchimp_list=&#8221;JolenePhilo|89f719a52b&#8221; layout=&#8221;bottom_top&#8221; first_name_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; last_name_field=&#8221;off&#8221; email_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; module_class=&#8221;custom_emailoptin&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; form_field_focus_background_color=&#8221;#42313A&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; button_text_color=&#8221;#42313A&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#B4DBC0&#8243; button_border_width=&#8221;2px&#8221; button_border_radius=&#8221;0px&#8221; button_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; button_use_icon=&#8221;off&#8221; button_custom_margin=&#8221;5px||||false|false&#8221; button_custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; border_width_all_fields=&#8221;2px&#8221;][\/et_pb_signup][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; header_font=&#8221;EB Garamond|600|||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#B6452C&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243;]<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Related Posts<\/h1>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_blog fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; posts_number=&#8221;3&#8243; include_categories=&#8221;current&#8221; show_more=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; header_text_color=&#8221;#42313A&#8221; meta_font=&#8221;||on||||||&#8221; read_more_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; read_more_text_color=&#8221;#B6452C&#8221; read_more_font_size=&#8221;12px&#8221; pagination_text_color=&#8221;#B6452C&#8221; pagination_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221;][\/et_pb_blog][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can we choose to be grateful while raising a child with special needs? 34 years after the fact, Jolene Philo finally has an answer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-24845 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/differentdream.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Pies-FB.jpg\" alt=\"How can we choose to be grateful while raising a child with special needs? 34 years after the fact, Jolene Philo finally has an answer.\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" \/>\n\nToday my arm muscles ache, my blood sugar is higher than it should be, my feet hurt, and my heart is overflowing with happiness. Why?\n\nBecause my dear niece got married on Saturday night. She is my daughter's life long friend, so when she asked her aunties to make forty pies for the wedding reception, I responded the only way an auntie can. \"Yes,\" I said without hesitation, knowing full well that between rolling out pie crusts, sampling the wares, crying as she walked down the aisle, handing out pie at the reception, and boogieing at the dance, the Monday after would be a severe day of reckoning. Even so, <em>I chose to say yes,<\/em> grateful to be part of her day of celebration and happiness, and thankful for the tiredness of today.\n\nFar too often, while caring for a baby with special needs, my husband and I felt like our ability to make choices for our child had been ripped away.\n\nWe didn't choose to have a son who needed surgery at birth.\nWe had to choose to send our baby to a hospital 750 miles away or to let him die.\nWe were too far from the hospital to choose the surgeon who would operate on our newborn.\nWe were 2 decades too early to choose family-centered care for his many hospital stays.\nWe were often too sleep-deprived and despairing to choose hope over despair.\n\nDuring the first few years of our baby's life, we sometimes felt like the choices that should have been ours as parents had been hijacked by a distant God who couldn't possibly love our son as much as we did.\n\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keyministry.org\/specialneedsparenting\/2016\/11\/28\/today-i-choose-to-be-grateful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the rest of this post at the Key Ministry website.<\/a><\/strong>\n\n<em>Do you like what you see at DifferentDream.com? 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