Thin Places-Faith, Family and Disability
An excerpt (and book giveaway) with thoughts on disability, poetry, and faith from Karen Swallow Prior's gorgeous new memoir, Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me. Read more
An excerpt (and book giveaway) with thoughts on disability, poetry, and faith from Karen Swallow Prior's gorgeous new memoir, Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me. Read more
I’ve written before about my recent experience in a parenting class based on Positive Discipline (rather than authoritative or permissive parenting). Apparently, this approach is really beneficial for kids with special needs. To read more, go to Parenting Style Has Big Impact on Kids with Disabilities. And have I ever mentioned here how much I love David Simon’s HBO series The Wire and Treme (set in New Orleans)? Well, I found out why when I read Wired Magazine’s interview with... Read more
I don’t want to change the words, but rather tell a story that might contribute to changing the culture. Read more
Learning something about contentment from my daughter... Read more
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In commemoration on National Adoption Month, one mother reflects upon raising her daughter by adoption, who has brown skin, in the midst of a her siblings with white skin. Read more
It’s been a season of change. New house. New job for my husband. New schools for our kids. New friends. New computer. There’s a list of other things that need to become new—my driver’s license, for instance. We all need a new dentist. The car still needs a new not-rusty door. And I need a new website. You may not have noticed (you may never have visited my website, for that matter), but the content over there (amyjuliabecker.com) has stayed... Read more
I’m incredibly grateful for the break. And incredibly grateful to return to my messy, inefficient, bordering-on-chaotic, life of love. Read more
One mother reflects on the pirfectly imperfect life of her daughter, Sara, who had Down syndrome. (Plus a book giveaway) Read more
The morning started badly, but we're working it out as a family, I hope... Read more
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