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Eat, Sleep, Save the World

God is timeless. He puts all these sign posts in our lives to remember that. These moments when we feel this pain, God has felt that pain and He’s felt all of our joy and He experiencing it all at the same time. So even as I’m experiencing my pain, He can already see the joy that is going to come later. To remember that my timeline is only temporary, helps get me through those painful parts.

~Jamie Sumner

 
God is timeless. He puts all these sign posts in our lives to remember that. These moments when we feel this pain, God has felt that pain and He’s felt all of our joy and He experiencing it all at the same time. So even as I’m experiencing my pain, He can already see the joy that is going to come later. To remember that my timeline is only temporary, helps get me through those painful parts.
— Jamie Sumner
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In this interview, you will laugh and cry with Jamie, as she shares words of encouragement and hope that can only come from someone who has walked this journey. Jamie Sumner​ has written for the “New York Times” and the “Washington Post,” among many other publications. She is the author of the nonfiction book on motherhood, “Unbound,” and the middle-grade novel, “Roll with It.” She is also a mom to a son with cerebral palsy, and she writes and speaks about disability in literature. She loves stories that celebrate the grit and beauty in all kids. She and her family live in Nashville, Tennessee.


Resources:

http://jamie-sumner.com/

https://www.facebook.com/jamiesumner.org


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Living Fully With Depression

“I realized that maybe my depression the defined absence of hope, is being used by God to actually give me hope because it is what's drawing me to Him.”

~Gillian Marchenko

 
I realized that maybe my depression the defined absence of hope, is being used by God to actually give me hope because it is what’s drawing me to Him.
— Gillian Marchenko
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Gillian Marchenko is an author and a speaker. She lives near St. Louis with her husband Sergei and their four daughters. In this interview, Gillian shares openly and honestly about living with depression and her latest book, “Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression.”

Resources

https://www.gillianmarchenko.com/

https://www.facebook.com/GillianMarchenkoPage/

https://www.instagram.com/gillianmarchenko/

https://twitter.com/GillianMarchenk

 

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Episode 7 – 6 Hacks For Strengthening Your Family

As parents of children impacted by disability & special needs, it can often seem like we are in survival mode. In this episode, Becky Davidson walks us through practical steps that we can apply to strengthen our families. Through this episode, you will be better equipped for the journey ahead of you.

 
This journey is going to be harder than you can imagine, but it is going to be one of the most richly rewarding experiences in your life. There is purpose in the pain, a message in the mess, and every trial will produce triumph. If you surrender your pain to God, then God will reveal himself to you in unspeakable ways.
— Jeff Davidson
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As parents of children impacted by disability & special needs, it can often seem like we are in survival mode. In this episode, Becky Davidson walks us through practical steps that we can apply to strengthen our families. Through this episode, you will be better equipped for the journey ahead of you.

Becky and her late husband, Jeff, co-founded Rising Above Ministries based in Cookeville, TN.

 

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Episode 5 – "Embracing The Messy" An Interview With Mike Berry

Life as a family impacted by special needs can be “messy.” There are many aspects that are hard and create extra stressors. In this episode, Mike Berry, the founder of Confessions of an Adoptive Parent offers hope in the midst of the hard and the “messy.”

When I use the word joy, I’m not talking about happy go lucky. I’m talking about the sustaining belief that even through the storm you are held and you are with hope. That’s what joy is.
— Mike Berry
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Life as a family impacted by special needs can be “messy.” There are many aspects that are hard and create extra stressors. In this interview, Mike Berry, Founder of Confessions of an Adoptive Parent, shares about finding hope in the storm and lessons we can apply from his most recent book Winning The Heart Of Your Child that will help us navigate this journey.

Resources

https://confessionsofanadoptiveparent.com/

https://www.facebook.com/confessionsofanadoptiveparent/

http://honestlyadoption.com/

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Episode 4 – "Aching Joy" An Interview With Jason & Sara Hague

Did you know that two people can experience the same event but process it differently? This is very true with how parents respond to a child’s diagnosis. In this episode you will be encouraged as author Jason Hague and his wife Sara share about their journey.

God, I need a tool for today. I need a key. Can you help me understand what he is trying to communicate? The Lord just said, ‘You need to treat everything he does as communication, then you are going to understand a lot more of what he is trying to tell you.’ That was a pivotal moment for me.
— Sara Hague
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Summary

Did you know that two people can experience the same event but process it differently? This is very true with how parents respond to a child’s diagnosis.

In this episode, Jason and Sara share lessons that they have learned in their family’s journey. Jason and Sarah share how they each responded differently to their son Jack’s diagnosis of Autism. Jason shares what was the most helpful way Sara came alongside him as he was struggling with depression. Sara shares an encouraging word to couples where one spouse may be struggling with depression.

Jason is the author of Aching Joy: Following God Through The Land Of Unanswered Prayer. You can order his book below.

Resources

http://www.jasonhague.com/

https://www.facebook.com/jasonhaguewriter/

We See You (A Letter To Special Needs Siblings)

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