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What Prayer Looks Like

By On October 5, 2017 · Leave a Comment

(originally published on my personal Facebook account)

Today, as we approached the school grounds, kids were running from cars and the buses to the playground. When we got close to school, AJ took my hand, and leaned in to me. He doesn’t say much with words, but it was a moment of holiness for me.

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Autism and Church

By On January 1, 2015 · Leave a Comment

I’ve launched a new website, Autism and Church, to talk about having autism and being in the church–for individuals and family members of persons on the autism spectrum. I hope that we will have tips, stories, challenges and joys shared about welcoming people with autism into the church. Continue Reading →

Tuesday Top Ten: Top Ten Things I’ve Been Up To

By On October 14, 2014 · Leave a Comment

It’s been a long time since I’ve done a personal blog post, so here are the Top Ten Things I’ve Been Up To:

1. Blogging: I have been blogging regularly on [D]mergent for a couple of years now, but I have recently also blogged on Edge Pieces (the […]

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What is most important

By On August 22, 2013 · 4 Comments

I lost it twice. Broken down crying, wondering what has happened to me and my life and how in the world I can be both a mom and a minister.

I’ve got two weeks until the start of school, and then things will change, but it’s been harder than I thought this summer.

After a […]

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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books in Ten Weeks of 2013

By On March 5, 2013 · 1 Comment

This is not a typical Top Ten Tuesday post, in that they’re not ranked, they are just in the order I read them.  The first three books were books I started in 2012 but didn’t have time to finish until the start of this year.  This year I have resolved to read more—I’m hoping to […]

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Top Ten Things To Know About a Family with Autism

By On January 29, 2013 · 9 Comments

5/26/2016 DISCLAIMER: This post was recently reposted on a blog this past week. I had forgotten about this post. I need to say a few things:

First, I am sorry. This post was written in the months after my son’s diagnosis. I did not know much about autism, but I thought I knew somethings.

Secondly, […]

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Looking back on 2012

By On December 31, 2012 · 2 Comments

This has been a whirlwind year.

One year ago today, we were just starting to get the inkling that we might need to move, despite being homeowners for only seven months. We were having trouble getting the resources AJ needs for his autism. We were arguing with the school district about resources provided and with […]

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“When are you going to have another baby?”

By On November 1, 2012 · 8 Comments

People ask us all the time when we are having another child. I know people are genuinely curious and don’t mean anything rude at all by asking us. I usually just say we haven’t decided yet, or sometimes I say I don’t know, and try to change the subject.  Here is what I really want […]

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Longing for the day

By On September 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment

“Why won’t he talk to me?” the little girl with blond curls asks.

“Because he has autism,” I reply.

Sometimes it’s really hard for me, because every day I have to remind others of why my son is not typical.

With kids it’s easier.  They don’t fully understand what autism is, but they do […]

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Top Ten Things I love about living in the Seattle area

By On September 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment

It’s been a long time since I’ve done a Tuesday Top Ten list! I’ll try to get back into the habit now and then!

We moved to the Seattle area this summer and in many ways, it has been like moving back home. Growing up in a small town in Alaska, as a teenager I […]

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