What about Hope, Lord? Will she be o.k.? She’s been given such a tender heart. An old soul, so perceptive and sensitive to the feelings of others, always quick to encourage. Will you, God, foster these gifts in her as she lives life with her special sister? Will you keep her from becoming cynical, jaded [...]
Archive for March, 2011
When Hope is your sister
Posted in Hope, tagged autism, rhemashope, siblings, sister on March 30, 2011 | 26 Comments »
A fish and a gardening tool, yeah
Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2011 | 15 Comments »
The name-calling continues. Every day, Brandon and I prompt Rhema to say our names. ‘Da Da’ and ‘Mahi Mahi’. Music to our ears. This morning I realized Hope was getting left out of the action. She was still sleeping when Rhema bounded into her room and began jumping on the bed. She sat up [...]
Say my name, say my name
Posted in Uncategorized on March 24, 2011 | 30 Comments »
Rhema has a Family ID program at school. I got myself all worked up when she first started this program. She is presented with 3 pictures – one of Hope, one of her Dad, and one of me. And her teacher says, “Rhema, touch Dad.” It started with full prompts. Her teacher would guide Rhema’s hand [...]
Serving love that heals
Posted in Ordinary Miracles on March 22, 2011 | 27 Comments »
“I slept and dreamt life was joy, I awoke and saw life was service, I acted, and behold, service was joy.” ~Ann Voskamp, A Holy Experience . We limp into church. It’s been a rough weekend for many reasons. My oldest girl is one reason. She’s out of sorts, non-compliant, hard to control, destroying everything [...]
Father, I want…
Posted in Uncategorized on March 7, 2011 | 11 Comments »
“Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those [...]
More trouble at the slots
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autism, fixations, obsessions, slots on March 3, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Shredded Valentine’s Day cards 10 hair elastics A marker cap Torn pages from a coloring book A rubber lizard A wooden doll stand A cheese wrapper 3 rubber bands A wad of tissue (used) Those are just some of the items I spent an hour fishing out of the heater with a wire hanger. When we moved into [...]
All that I have
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autism, church, faith on March 2, 2011 | 10 Comments »
I don’t know how to say this I don’t know where to stand I don’t know where to put my feet or where to put my hands… I think we’ve figured out this world is bigger than you and I We’ve exhausted our wealth of knowledge, have no more answers for mankind And we’ve had [...]
